Reproductive geographies : bodies, places and politics / edited by Marcia R. England, Maria Fannin and Helen Hazen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

England, Marcia R., editor.

Fannin, Maria, editor.

Hazen, Helen, 1975- editor.

Series:

Routledge international studies of women and place

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproduction--Social aspects.

Human reproduction.

Human reproduction--Political aspects.

Human reproductive technology.

Biopolitics.

Women--Health and hygiene.

Women.

Physical Description:

x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

The sites, spaces and subjects of reproduction are distinctly geographical. Reproductive geographies span different scales--body, home, local, national, global--and movements across space. This book expands our understanding of the socio-cultural and spatial aspects of fertility, pregnancy and birth. The chapters directly address global perspectives, the future of reproductive politics and state-focused approaches to the politicisation of fertility, pregnancy and birth. The book provides up-to-date explorations on the changing landscapes of reproduction, including the expansion of reproductive technologies, such as surrogacy and intrauterine insemination. Contributions in this book focus on phenomenologically inspired accounts of women's lived experience of pregnancy and birth, the biopolitics of birth and citizenship, the material histories of reproductive tissues as "scientific objects" and engagements with public health and development policy.

Contents:

Introduction: A call for reproductive geographies / Maria Fannin, Helen Hazen and Marcia R. England

Part I. Bodies : 1. Making an "embryological vision of the world": Law, maternity and the Kyoto Collection / Maria Fannin

2. Biological reproduction, respatialised: Conceiving abnormality in a biotech age / Juliane Collard

3. Right donor, right place: Spatialities of artificial insemination / Marcia R. England

4. Behind closed doors: The hidden needs of perimenopausal women in Ghana / Amita Bhakta, Brian Reed and Julie Fisher

Part II. Places : 5. "Here we are!" Exploring academic spaces of pregnant graduate students / Katie Merkle

6. "It is a jail which does not let us be...": Negotiating spaces of commercial surrogacy by reproductive labourers in India / Dalia Bhattacharjee

7. The best of both worlds? Mothers' narratives around birth centre experiences in the Twin Cities, Minnesota / Helen Hazen

8. "My germs, my space, my stuff, my smells": Homebirth as a site of spatialised resistance in Appalachian Ohio / Rita Whitson

Part III. Politics : 9. Birth and biopolitics: Maternity migration, birthright citizenship and domopolitics in Hong Kong / Robert Kaiser

10. National past and biopolitical futures in Serbia / Carl T. Dahlman

11. Reproducing inequalities: Examining the intersection of environment and global maternal and child health / Andrea Rishworth and Jenna Dixon

Conclusion: Reproductive bodies, places and politics: future directions / Helen Hazen, Marcia R. England and Maria Fannin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780815386193

0815386192

OCLC:

1064942326