The Politics of the Body in Weimar Germany: Women’s Reproductive Rights and Duties
Author:   Cornelie Usborne
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 1992
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9781349122462


Pages:   324
Publication Date:   01 January 1992
Format:   Paperback
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The Politics of the Body in Weimar Germany: Women’s Reproductive Rights and Duties


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This book analyses how the Weimar Republic put Germany in the forefront of social reform and women's emancipation with wide-ranging maternal welfare programmes and labour protection laws. Its enlightened policy of family planning and liberalised abortion laws offered women a new measure of control over their lives. But the new politics of the body also increased state intervention, the power of the medical profession and the tendency to sacrifice women's rights to national interests whenever the Volk seemed in danger of 'racial decline'.

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Author:   Cornelie Usborne
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 1992
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.439kg
ISBN:  

9781349122462


ISBN 10:   1349122467
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   01 January 1992
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Plates - Preface - List of Abbreviations - Introduction: Historic Background to the Population Debate - Maternity: Production Versus Reproduction - Sexuality: The Battle against Sexual Immorality - Contraception: A Cure for the Body Politic - Abortion: Politics and Medicine - Conclusion - Appendices - Notes - Bibliography - Index

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