Facing Eugenics

Reproduction, Sterilization, and the Politics of Choice

AvErika Dyck

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Engelska, 2013

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Facing Eugenics is a social history of sexual sterilization operations in twentieth-century Canada. Looking at real-life experiences of men and women who, either coercively or voluntarily, participated in the largest legal eugenics program in Canada, it considers the impact of successive legal policies and medical practices on shaping our understanding of contemporary reproductive rights. The book also provides deep insights into the broader implications of medical experimentation, institutionalization, and health care in North America.Erika Dyck uses a range of historical evidence, including medical files, court testimony, and personal records to place mental health and intelligence at the centre of discussions regarding reproductive fitness. Examining acts of resistance alongside heavy-handed decisions to sterilize people considered “unfit,” Facing Eugenics illuminates how reproductive rights fit into a broader discussion of what constitutes civil liberties, modern feminism, and contemporary psychiatric survivor and disability activism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-12-31
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:332
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781442699342
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
Vikt:1 g

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Medicinhistoria inom Medicin
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Erika Dyck is Canada Research Chair in History of Medicine and an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan.

Recensioner i media

‘I would suggest that this complicated history, one that is both sweepingly macro and intimately micro, is not only worth reading but also our responsibility to remember.’- Jen Rinaldi (Canadian Journal of Disability Studies vol 3:03:2014) ‘Facing Eugenics is a wonderful book. Written in clear and accessible prose, it provides a sophisticated and nuanced account of history of eugenics and reproductive rights in Canada. It deserves wide readership in the classroom and beyond.’- Molly Todd-Taylor (Canadian Historical Review vol 96:01:2015) ‘This is a terrific book which deserves a wide audience well beyond Canada.’- Philippa Levine (Histoire sociale / Social History, vol 47:95:2014) ‘Dyck situates the fascinating and important story of eugenics and sterilization in Alberta on the historiographical map with exceptional intelligence and compassion.’- Alexandra Minna Stern (Bulletin of the History of Medicine vol89:03:2015)

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Table of ContentsList of ImagesIntroductionChapter 1: Vagrancy, Violence and Virtue: Nora PowersChapter 2: Race, Consent and Protection: George PierreChapter 3: Sterilization Redefined: Violet and IreneChapter 4: Vasectomy, Masculinity and Hyperactivity: Ken NelsonChapter 5: From Sterilization to Patient Activism: Doreen Ella BefusChapter 6: Appendectomy to Queen’s Court Settlement: Leilani MuirChapter 7: Abortion, Sterilization and the Eugenics Legacy: Jane Doe Chapter 8: Conclusion Bibliography