Natalie L Kimball

An Open Secret

The History of Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion in Modern Bolivia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An Open Secret traces the history of women’s experiences with unwanted pregnancy and abortion in La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia between the early 1950s and 2010. It finds that women’s personal reproductive experiences contributed to shaping policies and services in reproductive health care.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780813590738
• ISBN-10: 0813590736
• Artikelnr.: 57979213

Autorenporträt

Natalie L. Kimball is an assistant professor of history at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents       
List of Figures and
Maps                                                                                
Abbreviations                                                                                                                         
Introduction                                                                                                                           
Chapter One, Legislating Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion in
Bolivia                             
Chapter Two, Double Discourses: Social Attitudes on Sexuality and
Reproduction           
Chapter Three, Feelings, Attitudes, and Decisions: Reproductive
Decision-Making in the Urban Andes
Chapter Four, Navigating Unwanted Pregnancy in La Paz and El Alto,
1950s-1980s         
Chapter Five, Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion in the Wake of Democracy,
1982-2010
Chapter Six, Abortion and the Law in La Paz and El
Alto                                                   
Conclusion                                                                                                                             
Acknowledgments
Appendix                                                                                                                               
Bibliography  
Index