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This dissertation explores the ways in which France's position as an imperial power shaped French pronatalism, a political movement organized to address widespread anxieties about the nation's declining birthrate during the Third Republic (1870-1940). Though historians have conv…

Millions joined Turkey's 2013 Gezi Park protests, which were characterized by demonstrators' steady creation of visual materials dissenting against the government. A subsection of pregnant protesters, who in June began tagging social media posts with #DIRENHAMILE (#RESISTPREGNAN…

What causes reproductive practices to become politicized at a particular time in history? In India's northwestern border region of Ladakh, family planning and intermarriage—both of which were unproblematic just over a decade ago—are becoming politicized and increasingly linked t…