Fertile Matters The Politics of Mexican-Origin Women's Reproduction

Name: Fertile Matters The Politics of Mexican-Origin Women's Reproduction
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ISBN: 9780292716827

ISBN-10: 0292716826

ISBN-13: 9780292716827

Edition: 2008

Authors: Elena R. Gutiï¿½rrez, Elena R. Gutiï¿½rrez

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While the stereotype of the persistently pregnant Mexican-origin woman is longstanding, in the past fifteen years her reproduction has been targeted as a major social problem for the United States. Due to fear-fueled news reports and public perceptions about the changing composition of the nation's racial and ethnic makeupthe so-called Latinization of Americathe reproduction of Mexican immigrant women has become a central theme in contemporary U. S. politics since the early 1990s. In this exploration, Elena R. Gutieacute;rrez considers these public stereotypes of Mexican American and Mexican immigrant women as "hyper-fertile baby machines" who "breed like rabbits." She draws on social…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 221
Size: 6.04" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Elena R. Gutiï¿½rrez is Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago.



A Note on Terminology


Preface


Acknowledgments



The Fertility of Women of Mexican Origin: A Social Constructionist Approach



The Twin Problems of Overpopulation and Immigration in 1970s California



"They Breed Like Rabbits": The Forced Sterilization of Mexican-Origin Women



"More Than a Hint of Extraordinary Fertility....": Social Science Perspectives on Mexican-Origin Women's Reproductive Behavior (1912-1980)



Controlling Borders and Babies: John Tanton, ZPG, and Racial Anxiety over Mexican-Origin Women's Fertility



The Right to Have Children: Chicanas Organizing Against Sterilization Abuse



"Baby-Makers and Welfare Takers": The (Not-So) New Politics of Mexican-Origin Women's Reproduction


Epilogue


Notes


References


Index