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Auteur(s) : Takeuchi-Demirci, Aiko
Titre(s) : Contraceptive diplomacy [Texte imprimé] : reproductive politics and imperial ambitions in the United States and Japan / Aiko Takeuchi-Demirci
Publication : Stanford (CA) : Stanford University Press, 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-318 p.) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection : Asian America
Lien à la collection : Asian America
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"A transpacific history of clashing imperial ambitions, [this book] turns to the history
of the birth control movement in the United States and Japan to interpret the struggle
for hegemony in the Pacific through the lens of transnational feminism. As the birth
control movement spread beyond national and racial borders, it shed its radical bearings
and was pressed into the service of larger ideological debates around fertility rates
and overpopulation, global competitiveness, and eugenics. By the time of the Cold
War, a transnational coalition for women's sexual liberation had been handed over
to imperial machinations, enabling state-sponsored population control projects that
effectively disempowered women and deprived them of reproductive freedom. [This book]
follows the relationship between two iconic birth control activists, Margaret Sanger
in the United States and Ishimoto Shizue in Japan, as well as other intellectuals
and policymakers in both countries who supported their campaigns, to make sense of
the complex transnational exchanges occurring around contraception. The birth control
movement facilitated U.S. expansionism, exceptionalism, and anti-communist policy
and was welcomed in Japan as a hallmark of modernity. By telling the story of reproductive
politics in a transnational context, Takeuchi-Demirci draws connections between birth
control activism and the history of eugenics, racism, and imperialism."
Sujet(s) : Sanger, Margaret (1879-1966)
Katō, Shizue (1897-2001)
Régulation des naissances -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Régulation des naissances -- Japon -- 20e siècle
Politique démographique -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Politique démographique -- Japon -- 20e siècle
Genre ou forme : Études comparatives
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781503602250. - ISBN 1503602257. - ISBN 9781503604407. - ISBN 1503604403 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45475686q
Notice n° :
FRBNF45475686
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : The women rebels : transnational socialism, feminism, and the early birth control
movement ; Spreading the gospel of birth control : the limits of international women's
activism ; Danger spots in world population : the eugenic and imperial struggles
in the Pacific ; Between democracy and genocide : U.S. involvement in population
control in occupied Japan ; Re-producing national bodies : promoting eugenic marriages
in postwar Japan ; Birth control for the masses : technological imperatives for global
population control.
