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The Wombs of Women

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

The Wombs of Women

- Race, Capital, Feminism
Af: Francoise Verges Engelsk Paperback
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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: 9781478009412
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1478009411
Udg. Dato: 14 aug 2020
Længde: 17mm
Bredde: 228mm
Højde: 152mm
Forlag: Duke University Press
Oplagsdato: 14 aug 2020
Forfatter(e): Francoise Verges
Forfatter(e) Francoise Verges


Kategori Kønsstudier: kvinder og piger


ISBN-13 9781478009412


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 184


Udgave


Længde 17mm


Bredde 228mm


Højde 152mm


Udg. Dato 14 aug 2020


Oplagsdato 14 aug 2020


Forlag Duke University Press

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