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Policing the National Body: Sex, Race, and Criminalization

by Anannya Bhattacharjee, Jael Miriam Silliman

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This anthology explores the ways in which women of colour are monitored, criminalised and regulated.This collection of essays places issues of race, class, and gender at the centre of the reproductive rights and social justice agendas by focusing on a key concern among women of colour and poor communities today â__ the difficulty of maintaining families and sustaining community in the face of increasing criminalisation and surveillance.Contributors include Judith Scully, Cynthia Chandler, show more Carol Kingery, Syd lindsley, Pat Hynes, Janice Hamond, Rajani Bhatia, Betsy Hatman, Andrea Smith, Marlene Fried, Loretta Ross and Anne Hendrixson. show less

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Canonical title: Policing the National Body: Sex, Race, and Criminalization
Original publication date: 2002
First words: American politicians, eager to garner support from the large middle-class, promote "family values," endlessly debate issues of abortion, and outdo each other as champions of "working families" (read "middle-class" families).
Last words: (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It is important to identify the ideological underpinnings of these movements, so that they can be situated within a broader political framework, and evaluated for socially regressive content.
Blurbers: Roberts, Dorothy; LaDuke, Winona; Enloe, Cynthia

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Languages: English
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Published: 2002
Genres: Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 305.48800973
LCC: HV6250.4 .E75 .P65

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