Conceiving Cuba : : Reproduction, Women, and the State in the Post-Soviet Era /

Conceiving Cuba : : Reproduction, Women, and the State in the Post-Soviet Era / / Elise Andaya.

After Cuba's 1959 revolution, the Castro government sought to instill a new social order. Hoping to achieve a new and egalitarian society, the state invested in policies designed to promote the well-being of women and children. Yet once the Soviet Union fell and Cuba's economic troubles wo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Andaya, Elise,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: Reproduction, Women, and the State
  • 2. Producing the New Woman: The Early Revolutionary Years
  • 3. Reproducing Citizens and Socialism in Prenatal Care
  • 4. Abortion and Calculated Risks
  • 5. Engendered Economies and the Dilemmas of Reproduction
  • 6. Having Faith and Making Family Overseas
  • 7. Conclusion: Reproducing the Revolution
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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