Miscarriage of Justice - Women s Reproductive Lives Law in Early Twentieth Century Brazil

A Miscarriage of Justiceexamines the intersection of women's reproductive health and state formation in early-twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

List of contents

Introduction:

1. The Law of Responsibility, the Medicine of Gender, the Science of Race

2. Constructing Motherhood: Obstetricians, Politicians, and the Creation of a Reproductive Healthcare System

3. Birthing Life and Death: Childbirth, Stillbirth, and Maternal Mortality

4. A "Plague of Criminal Abortions": Fertility Control and the Consolidation of Medical Authority

5. Ouvi Dizer [Heard Said]: Rumor, Sex, and Race in the Republican Capital

6. Policing Pregnancy: Statecraft, Poverty, and Reproductive Health

7. Prosecuting Honor, Defending Madness: Abortion and Infanticide in the Courts

Conclusion:

About the author

Cassia Roth is Assistant Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia.

Summary

A Miscarriage of Justiceexamines the intersection of women's reproductive health and state formation in early-twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Product details

• Authors: Cassia Roth
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781503610477
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-1047-7
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Südamerika, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, History - General History, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, HISTORY / Women