European Women's Movements and Body Politics: The Struggle for Autonomy

by J. Outshoorn (Editor)

Overview

This book examines how feminist movements have contested the dominant discourses and state politics that have impeded women's autonomy over their bodies since the late 1960s. It deals with two important facets of this struggle, prostitution and the right to abortion, as they relate to the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137351654
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/23/2015
Series:	Citizenship, Gender and Diversity
Edition description:	2015
Pages:	203
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Radka Dudová, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic Lenita Freidenvall, Skholm University, Sweden Ana Prata, California State University Northridge, United States

Table of Contents

1. Women's Movements and Bodily Integrity; Joyce Outshoorn; Radka Dudová; Ana Prata; Lenita Freidenvall 2. Constructing Bodily Citizenship in the Czech Republic: the Issues of Abortion and Prostitution; Radka Dudová 3. The Struggle for Bodily Integrity in The Netherlands; Joyce Outshoorn 4. Portugal's Bodily Citizenship; Ana Prata 5. In Pursuit of Bodily Integrity in Sweden; Lenita Freidenvall 6. Women's Movements and Bodily Autonomy: Making the Case for Bodily Citizenship; Joyce Outshoorn; Radka Dudová;Ana Prata; Lenita Freidenvall