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The Wombs of Women

- Race, Capital, Feminism
Af: Francoise Verges Engelsk Hardback

The Wombs of Women

- Race, Capital, Feminism
Af: Francoise Verges Engelsk Hardback
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In the 1960s thousands of poor women of color on the (post)colonial French island of Reunion had their pregnancies forcefully terminated by white doctors; the doctors operated under the pretext of performing benign surgeries, for which they sought government compensation. When the scandal broke in 1970, the doctors claimed to have been encouraged to perform these abortions by French politicians who sought to curtail reproduction on the island, even though abortion was illegal in France. In The Wombs of Women—first published in French and appearing here in English for the first time—Françoise Vergès traces the long history of colonial state intervention in black women’s wombs during the slave trade and postslavery imperialism as well as in current birth control politics. She examines the women’s liberation movement in France in the 1960s and 1970s, showing that by choosing to ignore the history of the racialization of women’s wombs, French feminists inevitably ended up defending the rights of white women at the expense of women of color. Ultimately, Vergès demonstrates how the forced abortions on Reunion were manifestations of the legacies of the racialized violence of slavery and colonialism.
 
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In the 1960s thousands of poor women of color on the (post)colonial French island of Reunion had their pregnancies forcefully terminated by white doctors; the doctors operated under the pretext of performing benign surgeries, for which they sought government compensation. When the scandal broke in 1970, the doctors claimed to have been encouraged to perform these abortions by French politicians who sought to curtail reproduction on the island, even though abortion was illegal in France. In The Wombs of Women—first published in French and appearing here in English for the first time—Françoise Vergès traces the long history of colonial state intervention in black women’s wombs during the slave trade and postslavery imperialism as well as in current birth control politics. She examines the women’s liberation movement in France in the 1960s and 1970s, showing that by choosing to ignore the history of the racialization of women’s wombs, French feminists inevitably ended up defending the rights of white women at the expense of women of color. Ultimately, Vergès demonstrates how the forced abortions on Reunion were manifestations of the legacies of the racialized violence of slavery and colonialism.
 
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 184
ISBN-13: 9781478008521
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1478008520
Kategori: Kønsstudier: kvinder og piger
Udg. Dato: 14 aug 2020
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: Duke University Press
Oplagsdato: 14 aug 2020
Forfatter(e): Francoise Verges
Forfatter(e) Francoise Verges

Kategori Kønsstudier: kvinder og piger

ISBN-13 9781478008521

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 184

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 14 aug 2020

Oplagsdato 14 aug 2020

Forlag Duke University Press

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