The cultural politics of reproduction : migration, health and family making /

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Charting the experiences of internally or externally migrant communities, the volume examines social transformation through the dynamic relationship between movement, reproduction, and health. The chapters examine how healthcare experiences of migrants are not only embedded in their own unique healt...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Unnithan-Kumar, Maya, 1961- (Editor), Khanna, Sunil K. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York [New York] ; Oxford [England] : Berghahn Books, 2015.
Subjects:
Women immigrants.
Motherhood.
Family planning.
Immigrants > Health and hygiene.
Immigrantes.
Maternité.
Planification familiale.
maternity.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Family planning
Immigrants > Health and hygiene
Motherhood
Women immigrants
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Cultural Politics of Reproduction; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction
  • Migration and the Politics of Reproduction and Health; Chapter 1
  • Migration, Belonging and the Body that Births; Chapter 2
  • To Be or Not to Be? Cape Verdean Student Mothers in Portugal; Chapter 3
  • 'Good Women Stay at Home, Bad Women Go Everywhere'; Chapter 4
  • 'That's Not a Religious Thing, That's a Cultural Thing'; Chapter 5
  • Health Inequalities and Perceptions of Place; Chapter 6
  • Acculturation and Experiences of Post-partum Depression amongst Immigrant Mothers.
  • Chapter 7
  • 'A Mother Who Stays but Cannot Provide Is Not as Good'Chapter 8
  • 'A City Walla Prefers a Small Family'; Chapter 9
  • Restoring the Connection; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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