Black woman's burden : commodifying black reproduction /
Rousseau, Nicole.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On historical womanist theory -- On historical materialist method -- The significance of social rhetoric -- Becoming instruments of production -- Is this the white man's burden, or ours? -- Age old pimpin' : exploitative reproductive policies -- Labor in the industrial age -- Becoming a social problem -- Morons, mental defectives, prostitutes, and dope fiends : restrictive reproductive policies -- Global capitalism in the electronic age -- Pathologizing the black woman -- She's out of control : controlling reproductive policies -- Vilifying black motherhood -- Gettin' your tubes tied : coercive reproductive policies -- Rationalizing commodification -- Justifying commodification -- Critiquing commodification : connecting to historical womanism -- Understanding commodification -- Finding freedom.
Human reproduction
African American women