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The empty cradle of democracy : sex, abortion, and nationalism in modern Greece /

An ethnographic study that shows how similar national and cultural beliefs about gender, sexuality, and Greekness are the basis of both the public condemnation of abortion and its prevalence in Greece.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chalkia, Alexandra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
Colección:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. The Agoras of Agon
  • 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
  • 7. Navigating the Night
  • 8. The Impossible Dream: The Couple as Mother
  • 9. Abortion, Pain, and Agency
  • Part 4. Instigating Dialogues
  • 10. Reprosexuality and the Modern Citizen Face the Specter of Turkey
  • 11. A Critical Cartography of the Demografiko's Greece
  • Epilogue: Theory and Policy.