Reassembling Motherhood: Procreation and Care in a Globalized World
ISBN: 9780231538077
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Columbia University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Motherhood; Human reproductive technology; Child rearing; Families;

Reassembling Motherhood brings together contributors from across the disciplines to consider the transformation of motherhood as both an identity and a role. It examines how bearing and rearing a child are being restructured as reproductive labor and care work change around the globe, emphasizing the limits imposed by race, class, and inequality.

Yasmine Ergas is the director of the gender and public policy specialization at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

Jane Jenson is professor emerita of political science at the Université de Montréal.

Sonya Michel is professor emerita of history, American studies, and women's studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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