The political geographies of pregnancy

著者

    • Woliver, Laura R.

書誌事項

The political geographies of pregnancy

Laura R. Woliver

University of Illinois Press, c2002

  • : pbk

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-224) and index

収録内容

  • Feminist praxis, reproductive powers, medical models
  • New reproductive technologies: medicalizations of pregnancy, birth, reproduction, and infertility
  • The human genome project: designer genes
  • Abortion politics: discourses on lives
  • Adoption and surrogacy: children as commodities, wombs for
  • Social controls and reproductive politics: punitive monitoring
  • Conclusion: the changing political geographies of motherhood and reproduction

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780252027789

内容説明

As reproductive power finds its way into the hands of medical professionals, lobbyists, and policymakers, the geographies of pregnancy are shifting, and the boundaries need to be redrawn, argues Laura R. Woliver. Across a politically charged backdrop of reproductive issues, Woliver exposes strategies that claim to uphold the best interests of children, families, and women but in reality complicate women's struggles to have control over their own bodies. Utilizing feminist standpoint theory and promoting a feminist ethic of care, Woliver looks at the ways modern reproductive politics are shaped by long-standing debates on abortion and adoption, surrogacy arrangements, new reproductive technologies, medical surveillance, and the mapping of the human genome.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780252075971

内容説明

A searing study of how modern reproductive politics shapes women's bodily agency Pregnancy indisputably takes place within a woman's body. But as reproductive power finds its way into the hands of medical professionals, lobbyists, and policymakers, the geographies of pregnancy are shifting, and the boundaries need to be redrawn, argues Laura R. Woliver. The Political Geographies of Pregnancy is a vigorous analysis of the ways modern reproductive politics are shaped by long-standing debates on abortion and adoption, surrogacy arrangements, new reproductive technologies, medical surveillance, and the mapping of the human genome. Across a politically charged backdrop of reproductive issues, Woliver exposes strategies that claim to uphold the best interests of children, families, and women but in reality complicate women's struggles to have control over their own bodies. Utilizing feminist standpoint theory and promoting a feminist ethic of care, Woliver looks at abortion politics, modern adoption laws that cater to male-headed families, regulations that allow the state to monitor pregnant women but not always provide care for them, and the power structures behind the seemingly benign world of egg-selling and surrogate parenting. She also considers the potentially staggering political implications of mapping the human genome, and the exclusion of women's perspectives in discussions about legislation and advancements in reproductive technologies.

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