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Regulating Womanhood: Reproduction and Motherhood

By Carol Smart

Book information

Year
1992
ISBN
0415074053, 9780415074056, 9780203215746
Open Library ID
OL23800926M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
813 kB (832925 bytes)
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Pages
244\244
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This collection of original essays looks at a topic of growing interest and debate in feminist and historical circles: the social regulation of women through law during the 19th and 20th centuries, and the resistance which emerged in response. The collection refutes the notion of women oppressed during the 19th century, unable to act in opposition to the law. When issues of motherhood and women's sexuality became areas of public policy, women began to negotiate the law, as case studies from Europe and the USA show. This book should be of interest to students of women's studies, sociology of law, and social policy.

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