| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) |
| Contents |
On historical womanist theory -- On historical materialist method -- The significance of social rhetoric -- Becoming instruments of production -- Is this the white man's burden, or ours? -- Age old pimpin' : exploitative reproductive policies -- Labor in the industrial age -- Becoming a social problem -- Morons, mental defectives, prostitutes, and dope fiends : restrictive reproductive policies -- Global capitalism in the electronic age -- Pathologizing the black woman -- She's out of control : controlling reproductive policies -- Vilifying black motherhood -- Gettin' your tubes tied : coercive reproductive policies -- Rationalizing commodification -- Justifying commodification -- Critiquing commodification : connecting to historical womanism -- Understanding commodification -- Finding freedom |
| Summary |
This book examines the historical endeavors to regulate Black female sexuality and reproduction in the United States, through methods of exploitation, control, repression, and coercion. To that end, this book further explores the continued impact of labeling and stereotyping on the development of policies that lead to the construction of national, racial, and gender identities for Black women |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Human reproduction -- Government policy -- United States -- History
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African American women -- Abuse of -- United States -- History
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Gender studies, gender groups.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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Society.
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African American women -- Abuse of
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Human reproduction -- Government policy
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Social policy
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Fortpflanzung
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Sozialpolitik
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140547
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United States
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USA
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Schwärze
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230623941 |
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0230623948 |
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9781349379095 |
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1349379093 |
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