Making modern mothers : ethics and family planning in urban Greece /

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Heather Paxson addresses the ambivalent perceptions of motherhood in Athens, as traditional views on femininity and childbearing are challenged by consumerism and imported biomedical family planning methods.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Paxson, Heather, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Feminist anthropology > Greece > Athens.
Women > Greece > Athens > Social conditions.
Motherhood > Greece > Athens.
Birth control > Greece > Athens > Public opinion.
Public opinion > Greece > Athens.
Family planning services.
Abortion.
Gender identity.
Mothers.
Family Planning Services
Abortion, Legal
Gender Identity
Mothers
Sexual Behavior
Féminisme et anthropologie > Grèce > Athènes.
Femmes > Grèce > Athènes > Conditions sociales.
Maternité > Grèce > Athènes.
Régulation des naissances > Grèce > Athènes > Opinion publique.
Opinion publique > Grèce > Athènes.
Services de planification familiale.
Avortement.
Identité de genre.
Mères.
sex role.
mothers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Gender identity
Family planning services
Abortion
Birth control > Public opinion
Feminist anthropology
Manners and customs
Motherhood
Public opinion
Women > Social conditions
Feministische filosofie.
Moederschap.
Geboorteregeling.
Publieke opinie.
Athens (Greece) > Social life and customs.
Greece > Athens
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations; Acknowledgments; A Note on Transliteration; Prologue; 1 Realizing Nature; 2 Remaking Mothers From an Ethic of Service to an Ethic of Choice; 3 Rationalizing Sex: Family Planning and an Ethic of Well-Being; 4 Maternal Citizens: Demographics, Pronatalism, and Population Policy; 5 Technologies of Greek Motherhood; appendix 1. Total Fertility Rates, European Union Countries, 1960-2000; appendix 2. Legislation of the Greek State Pertaining to Gender Equality, Marriage, Family, and Reproduction; appendix 3. Birthrates, Greece, 1934-1999; Notes; References; Index.

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