Reproduction and society: interdisciplinary readings

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"A collection of essays, framed with original introductions, Reproduction and Society: Interdisciplinary Readings helps students to think critically about reproduction as a social phenomenon. Divided into six rich and varied sections, this book offers students and instructors a broad overview of the social meanings of reproduction and offers opportunities to explore significant questions of how resources are allocated, individuals are regulated, and how very much is at stake as people and commu…

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Full title :Reproduction and society : interdisciplinary readings / edited by Carole Joffe and Jennifer Reich.

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Publication Date:©2015

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Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781315754222, 1315754223, 9781317623465, 1317623460, 9781317623472, 1317623479, 1322101973, 9781322101972
oclc:ocn890090502
LC Classification:HQ760
Dewey Decimal:304.6/3

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Reproduction and the Public Interest in Private Acts; Section I: Contraception and Sterilization; Introduction; 1 The Folklore of Birth Control; 2 The Pill-Genocide or Liberation?; 3 The Fertility of Women of Mexican Origin: A Social Constructionist Approach; 4 The Economic Impact of the Pill; Section II: Abortion; Introduction; 5 A selection from Doctors of Conscience: The Struggle to Provide Abortion Before and After Roe v. Wade.

6 Practice Constraints and the Institutionalized Buck-Passing of Abortion Care7 Rethinking the Mantra that Abortion should be "Safe, Legal, and Rare"; 8 Race, Reproductive Politics and Reproductive Health Care in the Contemporary United States; 9 Not Ready to Fill His Father's Shoes: A Masculinist Discourse of Abortion; 10 Facing the Fetus; Section III: Reproductive Technologies; Introduction; 11 Selling Genes, Selling Gender; 12 India's Reproductive Assembly Line; 13 Debates over Lesbian Reproduction within Lesbian/Gay and Feminist Communities.

14 The Belly Mommy and the Fetus Sitter: The Reproductive Marketplace and Family IntimaciesSection IV: Pr…

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Birth control -- Social aspects Droits génésiques -- Aspect social Familles -- Dimension Family size -- Social aspects Human reproduction -- Social aspects Régulation des naissances -- Aspect soc… Reproduction humaine -- Aspect social Reproductive rights -- Social aspects SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology