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020 $a9781101025963 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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100 1 $aGoldberg, Michelle $q(Michelle Goldberg).
245 14 $aThe Means of Reproduction$h[electronic resource].
260 $aNew York :$bPenguin USA, Inc.,$c2009.
500 $aTitle from eBook information screen.
520 $aIn this groundbreaking work of investigative journalism by the author of the New York Times bestseller Kingdom Coming, Michelle Goldberg exposes the global war on womens reproductive rights and its disastrous and unreported consequences for the future of global developmentWomens rights are often treated as mere appendages to great questions of war, peace, poverty, and economic development. But as networks of religious fundamentalists, feminists, and bureaucrats struggle to remake sexual and childbearing norms worldwide, the battle to control womens bodies has become a high-stakes enterprise, with the United States often supporting the most reactionary forces.In a work of incisive cultural analysis and deep reporting, Michelle Goldberg shows how the emancipation of women has become the key human rights struggle of the twenty-first century. The Means of Reproduction travels through four continents, examining issues such as abortion, female circumcision, and Asias missing girls to show how the battle over womens bodies has been globalized and how, too often, the United States has joined sworn enemies such as Iran and Sudan in an axis of repression. Reporting with unique insight from both the rarefied realm of international policy and from individual womens lives, Goldberg elucidates the economic, demographic, and health consequences of womens oppression, which affect more than half the worlds population.As The Means of Reproduction reveals, the conflict between self-determination and patriarchal tradition has come to define pressing questions of global development. Empowering women is the key to retarding the progress of AIDS, curbing overpopulation, and helping the third world climb out of poverty, but attempts to improve womens status elicit fierce opposition from conservatives who see womens submission as key to their own national or religious identity.From the anticommunist genesis of Americas attempts to stem population growth in poor countries to the current worldwide attack on womens rights as a decadent Western imposition, Goldberg explores the interplay between the great issues of our time and the politics of sex and childbearing. Finally, The Means of Reproduction shows how women, strengthened by a solidarity that transcends borders, are fighting for freedom.
533 $aElectronic reproduction.$bNew York :$cPenguin USA, Inc.,$d2009.$nRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1973 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 321 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 507 KB).
538 $aRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1973 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 321 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 507 KB).
653 #0 $aNonfiction
653 #0 $aPolitics
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