Reproductive Geographies - Bodies, Places and Politics

The book provides a geographical lens on questions of reproduction, fertility and birth in a world where procreation increasingly turns into a global endeavour. It explores the role that mobility, place and embodiment play in women and men's experiences of fertility and birth, and evidences dynamics of cultural difference, intergenerational networks, performances of care and social inequity.

List of contents

Introduction: A call for reproductive geographies Part I: Bodies 1 Making an “embryological vision of the world”: Law, maternity and the Kyoto Collection 2. Biological reproduction, respatialised: Conceiving abnormality in a biotech age 3. Right donor, right place: Spatialities of artificial insemination 4. Behind closed doors: The hidden needs of perimenopausal women in Ghana Part II: Places 5. “Here we are!” Exploring academic spaces of pregnant graduate students 6. “It is a jail which does not let us be…”: Negotiating spaces of commercial surrogacy by reproductive labourers in India 7. The best of both worlds? Mothers’ narratives around birth centre experiences in the Twin Cities, Minnesota 8. “My germs, my space, my stuff, my smells”: Homebirth as a site of spatialised resistance in Appalachian Ohio Part III: Politics 9. Birth and biopolitics: Maternity migration, birthright citizenship and domopolitics in Hong Kong 10. National pasts and biopolitical futures in Serbia 11. Reproducing inequalities: Examining the intersection of environment and global maternal and child health. Conclusion: Reproductive bodies, places and politics: future directions

About the author

Marcia R. England is Associate Professor of the Department of Geography at Miami University. Her research interests are in two main areas: access to public spaces and media/pop culture geographies.
Maria Fannin is Reader in Human Geography, in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol. Her research interests include the social and economic dimensions of health, medicine and technology, particularly in relation to reproduction and women’s health.
Helen Hazen is Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of Denver, Colorado. Her research focuses on issues related to health and the environment.

Product details

• Authors: Marcia (Miami University England, Marcia Fannin England
• Assisted by: Marcia England (Editor), Maria Fannin (Editor), Helen Hazen (Editor), Hazen Helen (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2018
• EAN: 9780815386193
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-8619-3
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Personal & public health, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology: family and relationships, Human Geography, Medical Sociology, Personal and public health / health education