Description |
1 online resource (xv, 359 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The law of responsibility, the medicine of gender, the science of race -- Constructing motherhood : obstetricians, politicians, and the creation of a reproductive healthcare system -- Birthing life and death : childbirth, stillbirth, and maternal mortality -- A "plague of criminal abortions" : fertility control and the consolidation of medical authority -- Ouvi dizer (heard said) : rumor, sex, and race in the republican capital -- Policing pregnancy : statecraft, poverty, and reproductive health -- Prosecuting honor, defending madness : abortion and infanticide in the courts. |
Summary |
A Miscarriage of Justice examines the intersection of women's reproductive health and state formation in early-twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
Access |
Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Maternal health services -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 20th century.
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Maternal health services. |
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Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Reproductive health -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 20th century.
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Reproductive health. |
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 20th century.
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Women -- Health and hygiene. |
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Birth control -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 20th century.
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Birth control. |
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Birth control -- Law and legislation -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 20th century.
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Birth control -- Law and legislation. |
Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
Genre/Form |
History.
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Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
Other Form: |
Print version: Roth, Cassia. Miscarriage of justice. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020 9781503610477 (DLC) 2019019673 |
ISBN |
9781503611337 (electronic book) |
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1503611337 (electronic book) |
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9781503610477 (hardcover) |
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1503611329 |
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9781503611320 |
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