Power, reproduction, and gender : the intergenerational transfer of knowledge

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Power, reproduction, and gender : the intergenerational transfer of knowledge

edited by Wendy Harcourt

Zed Books, c1997

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Power, reproduction and gender : the inter-generational transfer of knowledge

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This comparative study of women's empowerment, sexuality and reproductive rights explores issues that are fundamental to the debate on population and gender. Drawing on material from a wide varieties of societies all immersed in deep change, the contributors investigate when and why people change their reproductive and sexual behaviour, and how knowledge is transferred within and between the generations. They confront the ethical dilemma for feminist researchers and activists: can we change cultural knowledge, codes and practice in this field, and should we? Tensions arise in acknowledging both that family planning knowledge and practice have forced change on to different cultures with little regard for the potential impact, but that the techniques and knowledge can be, in themselves, of great use to women. This book highlights tensions and concerns which are too often blithely ignored.

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Contents 1. Introduction - Wendy Harcourt 2. An Analysis of Reproductive Health: Myths, Resistances and New Knowledge - Wendy Harcourt 3. Competing Ideologies: Adolescence, Knowledge and Silences in Dar es Salaam - Brigitte Obrist and Susan Mlangwa 4. Cross-generational Knowledge Transfer on Reproductive Health among Women in Ghana - Miranda N. Greenstreet and R.A. Banibensu 5. Codes of Honour: Reproductive Life Histories of Domestic Workers in Rio de Janeiro - Jacqueline Pitanguy and Cecilia de Mello e Souza 6. Inter and Intra-generational Knowledge Transfer and Zones of Silence around Reproductive Health in Sunnakhi - Khawar Mumtaz and Fauzia Rauf 7. Breaking Traditions: Returnee Migrant Workers in Sri Lanka - Sandya Hewamanne 8. Two Generations of Italian Women: Shifts in Life Choices, Reproductive Health and Sexuality - Emanuela Calabrini and Elisabetta Vaccaro 9. Motherhood in Switzerland: A Rational and Responsible Choice? - Verena Hillmann,Therese Vgeli Sorensen and Corinne Wacker 10. Conclusions: Responsibilities, Possibilities and Barriers - Wendy Harcourt

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