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The Empty Cradle of Democracy : Sex, Abortion, and Nationalism in Modern Greece /
During the 1990s, Greece had a very high rate of abortion at the same time that its low birth rate was considered a national crisis. The Empty Cradle of Democracy explores this paradox. Alexandra Halkias shows that despite Greek Orthodox beliefs that abortion is murder, many Greek women view it as &...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
[2004]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1. The Agoras of Agon
- Introduction
- 1. Setting the Stage: Athens, Greece, Fantasy, and History
- 2. Stage Left: Greek Women
- 3. Center Stage: What Is Greece?
- 4. Stage Right: The Demografiko
- Part 2. In Context, in Contests
- 5. In the Operating Room: On Cows, Greece, and the Smoking Fetus
- 6. Give Birth for Greece! Abortion and Nation in the Greek Press
- Part 3. Sexing the Nation
- Introduction
- 7. Navigating the Night
- 8. The Impossible Dream: The Couple as Mother
- 9. Abortion, Pain, and Agency
- Part 4. Instigating Dialogues
- Introduction
- 10. Reprosexuality and the Modern Citizen Face the Specter of Turkey
- 11. A Critical Cartography of the Demografiko's Greece
- Epilogue: Theory and Policy
- Notes
- References
- Index