ABSTRACT

This book takes an intersectional, interdisciplinary, and transnational approach, presenting work that will provide the reader with a nuanced and in-depth understanding of the role of globalization in the sexual and reproductive lives of gendered bodies in the 21st century. Reproductive Justice and Sexual Rights: Transnational Perspectives draws on reproductive justice and transnational feminism as frameworks to explore and make sense of the reproductive and sexual experiences of various groups of women and marginalized people around the world. Interactions between globalization, feminism, reproductive justice, and sexual rights are explored within human rights and transnational feminist paradigms. This book includes case studies from Mexico, Ireland, Uganda, Colombia, Taiwan, and the United States. The edited collection presented here is intended to provide academics and students with a challenging and thought-provoking look into sexual and reproductive health matters from across the globe. In this way, the work presented in this volume will help the reader understand their own reproductive and sexual experiences in a more nuanced and contextualized way that links individuals and communities to each other in a quest for justice and liberation.

part |12 pages

Introduction

chapter |10 pages

Thinking Transnationally

Reproductive Justice in a Globalized Era

part 13I|69 pages

Colonial Legacies and Post-Colonial Conditions

chapter 1|18 pages

White Property Interests in Native Women’s Reproductive Freedom

Slavery to Transracial Adoption

chapter 2|26 pages

A Body Is a Body

The Embodied Politics of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Contemporary Irish Art and Culture

part 83II|62 pages

The State, the Law, and Sexual and Reproductive Justice

chapter 5|20 pages

Passing for Reproduction

How Lesbians in Taiwan Use Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Edited BySzu-Ying Ho

chapter 6|20 pages

Abortion Rights and Human Rights in Mexico

part 145III|44 pages

Migration and Access to Care

chapter 8|16 pages

¿Me Ves?

How Bay Area Health Agencies Address the Mental Health Needs of Migrant Women of Color During Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum Experiences

part 189IV|64 pages

Globalization, Reproduction, and Transnational Politics

chapter 9|22 pages

As Many as I Can Afford

Ideal Family Size in Contemporary Uganda

chapter 10|16 pages

Boon and Bane of Reproductive Technologies

The Impact of Son Preference and Prenatal Sex Selection in a Globalized World

chapter 11|24 pages

Provincializing Intersex

U.S. Intersex Activism, Human Rights, and Transnational Body Politics