ISBN:
9781478008866
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (185 pages)
Series Statement:
Theory in Forms Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Vergès, Françoise, 1952 - The wombs of women
DDC:
305.420969810904
Keywords:
Birth control History 20th century
;
Birth control-Réunion-History-20th century
;
Electronic books
;
Réunion
;
Geburtenregelung
;
Schwangerschaftsabbruch
;
Kolonialismus
Abstract:
Françoise Vergès examines the scandal of white doctors forcefully terminating the pregnancies of thousands of poor women of color on the French island of Réunion during the 1960s, showing how they resulted from the legacies of the racialized violence of slavery and colonialism.
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478008866
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781478008866
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