Description: Homeland Maternity : US Security Culture and the New Reproductive Regime, Paperback by Fixmer-oraiz, Natalie, ISBN 0252084144, ISBN-13 9780252084140, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "In US security culture, motherhood is a site of intense contestation--both a powerful form of cultural currency and a target of unprecedented assault. Linked by an atmosphere of crisis and perceived vulnerability, motherhood and nation have become intimately entwined, dangerously positioning national security as reliant on the control of women's bodies. Drawing on feminist scholarship and critical studies of security culture, Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz explores homeland maternity by calling our attention to the ways that authorities see both non-reproductive and "overly" reproductive women's bodies as threats to social norms--and thus to security. Homeland maternity culture intensifies motherhood's requirements and works to discipline those who refuse to adhere. Analyzing the opt-out revolution, public debates over emergency contraception, and other controversies, Fixmer-Oraiz compellingly demonstrates how policing maternal bodies serves the political function of securing the nation in a time of supposed danger--with profound and troubling implications for women's lives and agency"--
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Book Title: Homeland Maternity : US Security Culture and the New Reproductive
Number of Pages: 276 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Homeland Maternity : Us Security Culture and the New Reproductive Regime
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Feminism & Feminist Theory, Reproductive Medicine & Technology, Abortion & Birth Control, Parenting / Motherhood, Women's Studies, Security (National & International)
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.9 Oz
Subject Area: Family & Relationships, Political Science, Social Science, Medical
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz
Series: Feminist Media Studies
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
