1st Edition
The Limits of Bodily Integrity Abortion, Adultery, and Rape Legislation in Comparative Perspective
By Ruth A. Miller
Copyright 2007
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume argues that legislation on abortion, adultery, and rape has been central to the formation of the modern citizen. The author draws on rights literature, bio-political scholarship, and a gender-studies perspective as a foundation for rethinking the sovereign relationship. In approaching the politicization of reproductive space from this direction, the study resituates the role of rights... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Reproduction and race suicide; Sexuality and citizenship formation; Defining Europe; Women and the political norm; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Ruth A. Miller is Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA.
'In a tour de force, Miller studies the governance of reproduction in France, Italy, Turkey and the Ottoman Empire to reconfigure Foucault's and Agamben's theories of biopolitics, question liberal, radical and critical feminist analyses of gender and citizenship, and offer a new understanding of the significance of rape as a "crime against humanity" .' Karen Engle, University of Texas, USA '...Miller conducts an inventive comparative analysis of the reproductive and sexual policies of France, Italy, Turkey, and the Ottoman Empire...Recommended.' CHOICE
