Description |
xxv, 184 p. : geneal. tables. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-177) and index. |
Contents |
The globalization of sterilization -- The birth control movement in Puerto Rico -- Gender awareness across generations -- Cultural continuities and urban change -- The Velez family: poverty, the cancer scare, and hysterectomies -- The Robles family: social change and gender struggle -- The Gomez family: under the knife again-reversing la operacion -- The Morales and Rivera families: tough love and sterile choices -- Reproductive rights and an integral model of reproductive freedom -- Ideologies and inequities in the health care system -- Toward an integral model of reproductive freedom. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Reproductive rights -- Puerto Rico -- History.
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Poor women -- Puerto Rico -- Social conditions.
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Poor -- Puerto Rico.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9780813543727 (hardover : alk. paper) |
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081354372X (hardover : alk. paper) |
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9780813543734 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0813543738 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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