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View article: Capitalism, Procreation, and Gender: Towards a Gender Liberated Politics of Procreation
Capitalism, Procreation, and Gender: Towards a Gender Liberated Politics of Procreation Open
This article examines the effects of capitalist production on social systems of procreation, drawing from Marxist political and economic theory. It argues that capitalism introduces an increasing degree of alienation into procreation and t…
View article: Who’s the Mother? Midwifery Care in Adoption and ‘Surrogacy’
Who’s the Mother? Midwifery Care in Adoption and ‘Surrogacy’ Open
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View article: The quantification of midwifery research: Limiting midwifery knowledge
The quantification of midwifery research: Limiting midwifery knowledge Open
As two academics researching in the area of maternal health, we are increasingly concerned with what we see as a positivist turn in midwifery research. In this paper, we examine this idea of the quantification of midwifery research, using …
View article: “Putting the baby back in the body”: The re-embodiment of pregnancy to enhance safety in a free-standing birth center
“Putting the baby back in the body”: The re-embodiment of pregnancy to enhance safety in a free-standing birth center Open
The general discourse in most countries is that technological surveillance during pregnancy and childbirth is synonymous with safety, while women's individual experiences are less likely regarded as critical. The aim of this ethnographic s…
View article: Los movimientos de la alimentación y del parto naturales
Los movimientos de la alimentación y del parto naturales Open
View article: I movimenti per la nascita e per l'alimentazione naturali
I movimenti per la nascita e per l'alimentazione naturali Open
View article: Debating 'surrogacy' or or Pregnancy for others. A first round of opinions
Debating 'surrogacy' or or Pregnancy for others. A first round of opinions Open
View article: Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar?: Disability and the Future of Prenatal Screening
Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar?: Disability and the Future of Prenatal Screening Open
Noninvasive prenatal testing arguably constitutes a form of eugenics in a social context in which certain reproductive outcomes are not valued.
View article: Ilusões de escolha: experimentando testes pré-natais
Ilusões de escolha: experimentando testes pré-natais Open
Resumo: Os testes pré-natais para anomalia fetal fazem o que a medicalização frequentemente pratica: individualiza os problemas sociais, e coloca a responsabilidade de gerenciá-los sobre os ombros de mulheres individuais. Quando o diagnóst…
View article: Gammeltoft, T. M. Haunting Images: A Cultural Account of Selective Reproduction in Vietnam. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2014. ix + 315pp £24.95 (pbk) ISBN 978‐0‐520‐27843‐1
Gammeltoft, T. M. Haunting Images: A Cultural Account of Selective Reproduction in Vietnam. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2014. ix + 315pp £24.95 (pbk) ISBN 978‐0‐520‐27843‐1 Open
It certainly is haunting. Images of my own research from thirty years ago on this issue continue to haunt me. The women who have gone through it are haunted, and you as reader will be haunted. ‘Selective reproduction’ is what Gammeltoft is…