Abortion Under Apartheid: Nationalism, Sexuality, and Women's Reproductive Rights in South Africa

ISBN-13: 9780190939878 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 344 str.

Susanne M. Klausen

Recenzje

This meticulously researched landmark study by Susanne M. Klausen explores the complex ways in which interlinked ideologies concerning race, gender and sexuality underpinned the restrictions placed by the South African apartheid state on women's access to reproductive rights, in particular to safe abortion....The book is written in an engaging, accessible style, although the subject matter makes for disturbing reading at times. Klausen shows....that, while abortion legislation in contemporary South Africa is amongst the most progressive in the world, for many South African women access to safe, affordable abortion remains a challenge, and Klausen calls for 'the struggle for reproductive rights' to be 'connected to the broader struggle for social justice and human rights' (p. 218). It is a call which should resonate with everyone who reads this troubling but important book.

O autorze

Susanne M. Klausen is Professor of History at Carleton University, Ottawa.