Black woman's burden
Subtitle: commodifying black reproduction
By: Nicole Rousseau.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230615304
Subjects: Human reproduction -- Government policy -- United States -- History; African American women -- Abuse of -- United States -- History; United States -- Social policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On historical womanist theory; title: Historical materialist method; title: The significance of social rhetoric; title: Further readings; title: Becoming instruments of production; title: Is this the white man's burden, or ours?; title: Age old pimping : exploitative reproductive policies : further readings; title: Labor in the industrial age; title: Becoming a social problem; title: Morons, mental defectives, prostitutes, & dope fiends : restrictive reproductive policies : further readings; title: Global capitalism in the electronic age; title: Pathologizing the black woman; title: She's out of control : controlling reproductive policies; title: Vilifying black motherhood; title: Getting your tubes tied : coercive reproductive policies : further readings; title: Rationalizing commodification; title: Justifying commodification; title: Critiquing commodification : connecting to historical womanism; title: Finding freedom.