Births and Power: Social Change and the Politics of Reproduction.

Abstract

The politics of reproduction - a window on social change, W.Penn Handwerker the politics of reproductive biology - exclusionary policies in the United States, Rose Jones the politics of obstetric care - the Inuit experience, John O'Neill and Patricia A.Kaufert the politics of birth - cultural dimensions of pain, virtue and control among the Bariba of Benin, Carolyn Sargent the politics of children - fosterage and the social management of fertility among the Mende of the Sierra Leone, Caroline H.Bledsoe the politics of below-replacement fertility - policy and power in Hungary, Jeanne M.Simonelli the politics of parenthood - responsibility, freedom and fairness in American reproductive choice, Catherine L.Leone the politics of choice - abortion as insurrection, Warren M.Hern the politics of adolescent pregnancy - turf and teens in Louisiana, Martha C.Ward the politics of AIDS, condoms and heterosexual relations in Africa - recent evidence from the local print media, Caroline H.Bledsoe the international politics of family planning - sterilization and human rights in Bangladesh, Barbara Pillsbury.