Homeland maternity : US security culture and the new reproductive regime / Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fixmer-Oraiz, Natalie, author.

Series:

Feminist media studies.

Feminist media studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproduction--Political aspects--United States.

Human reproduction.

Motherhood--Political aspects--United States.

Motherhood.

National security--United States.

National security.

Feminist theory--Political aspects--United States.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages).

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2019.

Summary:

In US security culture, motherhood is a site of intense contestation - both a powerful form of cultural currency & a target of unprecedented assault. Linked by an atmosphere of crisis & perceived vulnerability, motherhood & nation have become intimately entwined, dangerously positioning national security as reliant on the control of women's bodies. Drawing on feminist scholarship & critical studies of security culture, Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz explores homeland maternity by calling our attention to the ways that authorities see both non-reproductive & 'overly' reproductive women's bodies as threats to social norms - & thus to security.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 6, 2019).

ISBN:

9780252051197

025205119X