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The last taboo : saying no to motherhood
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ISBN: 1628940891 9781628940893 9781628940879 1628940875 9781628940886 1628940883 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York : Algora Publishing,

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The Last Taboo'' makes the case against having babies despite fierce, centuries old pressure on women to legitimate themselves through motherhood. Motherhood is the most important issue for a woman since it impacts everything in her life and exerts incredible pressure. This alternative, saying no to babies, will be welcome to women who are considering having babies, who are not sure about children, who don''t want to have children but feel they must, who resent pressure to become pregnant, and who feel stigmatized for not having had children. Feminists, environmentalists, progressives will als


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Famous, but no children
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ISBN: 1628940441 9781628940442 9781628940428 1628940425 9781628940435 1628940433 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York : Algora Publishing,

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Do you have a right NOT to have children? Do we have a right NOT to be born? Choosing to remain 'child-free' or 'childless' is something that sparks various reactions - but not everyone has actually given it deep thought. The names and viewpoints discussed in this book may spur some thinking among those considering becoming parents, feminists, ecologists, the religious right, and the child-free community. The Internet is full of lists of people who are reported as not having had children; some of these lists contain errors. Here, the author has added dates and places of birth and death, to aid


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The cultural politics of reproduction
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ISBN: 9781782385448 9781782385455 1782385452 1782385444 Year: 2015 Publisher: New York [New York] Oxford [England]

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Charting the experiences of internally or externally migrant communities, the volume examines social transformation through the dynamic relationship between movement, reproduction, and health. The chapters examine how healthcare experiences of migrants are not only embedded in their own unique health worldviews, but also influenced by the history, policy, and politics of the wider state systems. The research among migrant communities an understanding of how ideas of reproduction and “cultures of health” travel, how healing, birth and care practices become a result of movement, and how health-related perceptions and reproductive experiences can define migrant belonging and identity.

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