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WENDY HARCOURT (EDITOR) Power, Reproduction and Gender: The Intergenerational Transfer of Knowledge
London, Zed Books. 1997, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 1856494268) Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An intervention into the study of gender, power and reproduction around the world, this book explores issues of health, empowerment, sexuality and reproductive rights, issues fundamental to the ongoing international development debate on population and gender. Studying societies emerged in deep change due to the impact of modernity on economic, political and social institutions, the contributors investigate knowledge transfer in reproductive behaviour. Using participatory methods, they look at when and why people do change reproductive and sexual behaviour. The rapid changes being brought about by modernity, new medical and social practices and knowledge instigated by large international population and development institutions often throw up the ethical dilemma for feminist researchers and activists: can we change cultural knowledge, codes and practice related to reproductive behaviour, sexuality and gender relations, and should we? Tensions arise in acknowledging both that family planning knowledge and practice has forced change on to different cultures with little regard for the potential impact and that the techniques and knowledge can be, in themselves, of great use to women. The book highlights such tensions and ethical concerns of the population project which are often ignored. New.
Offered for GBP 4.50 = appr. US$ 8.96 by: Allen Williams Books - Book number: 139474
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