Eugenic Feminism : Reproductive Nationalism in the United States and India /

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Asha Nadkarni contends that whenever feminists lay claim to citizenship based on women's biological ability to 'reproduce the nation', they are participating in a eugenic project - sanctioning reproduction by some and prohibiting it by others. Employing a wide range of sources from th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nadkarni, Asha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Feminism.
Eugenics.
Birth control.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Feminist.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Regulation des naissances > États-Unis.
Regulation des naissances > Inde.
Eugenisme > États-Unis.
Eugenisme > Inde.
Feminisme > États-Unis.
Feminisme > Inde.
Birth control > United States.
Birth control > India.
Eugenics > United States.
Eugenics > India.
Feminism > United States.
Feminism > India.
United States.
India.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Asha Nadkarni contends that whenever feminists lay claim to citizenship based on women's biological ability to 'reproduce the nation', they are participating in a eugenic project - sanctioning reproduction by some and prohibiting it by others. Employing a wide range of sources from the United States and India, the book shows how the exclusionary impulse of eugenics is embedded within the terms of nationalist feminism.
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 pages).
ISBN:9781452941417

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