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
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : reproduction, women, and the state
  • (Re)producing the new woman : the early revolutionary years
  • Reproducing citizens and socialism in prenatal care
  • Abortion and calculated risks
  • Engendered economies and the dilemmas of reproduction
  • Having faith and making family overseas
  • Conclusion : reproducing the revolution.

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