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Social History of Africa Ser.: Running after Pills by Amy Kaler (2003, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHeinemann

ISBN-100325070431

ISBN-139780325070438

eBay Product ID (ePID)2423383

Product Key Features

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Number of Pages264 Pages

Publication NameRunning after Pills

LanguageEnglish

SubjectReproductive Medicine & Technology, Africa / South / General, Gender Studies, Abortion & Birth Control, General, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare

Publication Year2003

TypeStudy Guide

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Education, History, Medical

AuthorAmy Kaler

SeriesSocial History of Africa Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight14.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN2002-191302

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

IllustratedYes

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal363.9/6/096891

Table Of ContentIntroduction The Institutional History of Family Planning in Rhodesia Blood and Boundaries: Local Knowledge of Physiologlogy and the Body Contraception as Subversion: Gender and Power in Marital Relationships Contraception as Disrespect: Fertility and Power in the Extended Family Cutting Down the Nation: Fertility and African Nationalism Conclusion Appendix: The Biography of a Research Project

SynopsisKaler examines how "modern" contraceptive technologies, such as the pill and the Deop-Provera injection, were embroiled in gender and generation conflicts, and in the national liberation struggle, in Zimbabwe during the 1960s and 1970s. Based on extensive oral and archival research, the book shows the ways in which fertility and control over reproduction within marriage and the family influenced the development of the "imagined community" of the nascent Zimbabwean nation., Kaler examines how "modern" contraceptive technologies, such as the pill and the Deop-Provera injection, were embroiled in gender and generation conflicts in Zimbabwe during the 1960s and 1970s., Kaler examines how modern contraceptive technologies, such as the pill and the Deop-Provera injection, were embroiled in gender and generation conflicts, and in the national liberation struggle, in Zimbabwe during the 1960s and 1970s. Based on extensive oral and archival research, the book shows the ways in which fertility and control over reproduction within marriage and the family influenced the development of the imagined community of the nascent Zimbabwean nation.

LC Classification NumberHQ766