Cassia Roth

A Miscarriage of Justice

Women's Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil

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Produktbeschreibung

A Miscarriage of Justiceexamines the intersection of women's reproductive health and state formation in early-twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781503610477
• ISBN-10: 1503610470
• Artikelnr.: 55191071

Autorenporträt

Cassia Roth is Assistant Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 1. The Law of Responsibility
the Medicine of Gender
the Science of Race 2. Constructing Motherhood: Obstetricians
Politicians
and the Creation of a Reproductive Healthcare System 3. Birthing Life and Death: Childbirth
Stillbirth
and Maternal Mortality 4. A "Plague of Criminal Abortions": Fertility Control and the Consolidation of Medical Authority 5. Ouvi Dizer [Heard Said]: Rumor
Sex
and Race in the Republican Capital 6. Policing Pregnancy: Statecraft
Poverty
and Reproductive Health 7. Prosecuting Honor
Defending Madness: Abortion and Infanticide in the Courts Conclusion: