Slippery Eugenics - An Introduction to Critical Studies of Race, Gender Coloniality

This is an important and timely scholarly contribution that will appeal to academics, students, activists, and advocates in the fields of eugenics, sociology, reproductive health, reproductive rights, social justice, and policy making.

Sommario

Chapter 1: Introducing Critical Eugenic Studies
Chapter 2: Eugenics as a Colonial Tool
Chapter 3: An Unnatural Selection
Chapter 4: The Impact of Eugenics
Chapter 5: From Eugenics to Population Control
Chapter 6: Understanding Eugenics in the Neoliberal Era
Chapter 7: Genes, Gender, Race and Moral Panics
Chapter 8: The Eugenic Construction of "Natural Disasters" and Global Pandemics

Info autore

Dr R. Sánchez-Rivera is a Research Fellow in the Study of Race and Anti-Racism in Gonville & Caius College and an Affiliate Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Cambridge. In 2020, they were an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology at Cambridge after they completed their Ph.D. in Latin American Studies at the University of Cambridge. Their areas of expertise are in the sociology of health and illness and historical sociology with a focus on scientific racism, critical eugenics studies, and reproductive justice in the Americas.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: R. Sanchez-Rivera, Rachell Sanchez-Rivera, R. Sánchez-Rivera, Rachell Sánchez-Rivera
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781529626254
• ISBN: 978-1-5296-2625-4
• Pagine: 152
• Serie: Social Science for Social Justice
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, Population and Demography, Ethical issues: abortion and birth control, Cultural policies and debates, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General