Conceiving Cuba : Reproduction, Women, and the State in the Post-Soviet Era /

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Conceiving Cuba offers an intimate look at how the institutions promoting the well-being of mothers and children, once a cornerstone of the socialist system, collapsed with the fall of the Soviet Union, throwing both individual families and the nation itself into profound crisis. Drawing from years...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andaya, Elise
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women's rights.
Women > Government policy.
Women and socialism.
Reproductive rights.
Human reproduction > Political aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Femmes et socialisme > Cuba.
Femmes > Politique gouvernementale > Cuba.
Femmes > Droits > Cuba.
Planification familiale > Politique gouvernementale > Cuba.
Droits genesiques > Cuba.
Reproduction humaine > Aspect politique > Cuba.
Women and socialism > Cuba.
Women > Government policy > Cuba.
Women's rights > Cuba.
Family planning > Government policy > Cuba.
Reproductive rights > Cuba.
Human reproduction > Political aspects > Cuba.
Cuba.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Conceiving Cuba offers an intimate look at how the institutions promoting the well-being of mothers and children, once a cornerstone of the socialist system, collapsed with the fall of the Soviet Union, throwing both individual families and the nation itself into profound crisis. Drawing from years of first-hand observations and interviews, anthropologist Elise Andaya takes us inside the island's households and medical facilities, as they struggle to make do with limited resources and grapple with difficult questions concerning family planning, reproductive health, and the future o.
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9780813565217

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