Actions for How all politics became reproductive politics [electronic resource] : from welfare reform to foreclosure to Trump

Email RIS file
Bookmark
Report an Issue

How all politics became reproductive politics [electronic resource] : from welfare reform to foreclosure to Trump / Laura Briggs

Author
Briggs, Laura, 1964-
Published
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Physical Description
1 online resource
Access Online

Availability

I Want It
I Want It

Finding items...

Series
Restrictions on Access
License restrictions may limit access.
Contents
"Radical feminism's misogynistic crusade" or the conservative tax revolt? -- Welfare reform : the vicious campaign to reform 1% of the budget -- Offshoring reproduction -- The politics and economy of reproductive technology and black infant mortality -- Gay married, with children -- Epilogue : the subprime.
Summary
"This book tells the story of how our political struggles over race, immigration, and queer folks came to center around reproductive politics--children, households, and families. Race-based shaming of irresponsible reproductive behavior--from an account of Black "welfare queens" and Latina immigrant "breeding machines" to Clinton's crackdown on immigration following "Nannygate"--were instrumental in creating a new normal: the shredding of the government safety net for families and households, the end of the period of rising real wages and a living wage that enabled people to support families and dependents, and the immiseration of households. Laura Briggs argues for the critical importance of paying attention to reproductive politics in this new era"--Provided by publisher.
Subject(s)
Genre(s)
ISBN
9780520957725 (Epub)
9780520281912 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-231) and index.
View MARC record | catkey: 44816899