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How all politics became reproductive politics :from welfare reform to foreclosure to Trump /Laura Briggs

Briggs, Laura,

1 online resource (xi, 286 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index. / "This book tells the story of how our political struggles over race, immigration, and queer folks came to center around reproductive politicschildren, households, and families. Race-based shaming of irresponsible reproductive behaviorfrom an account of Black "welfare queens" and Latina immigrant "breeding machines" to Clinton's crackdown on immigration following "Nannygate"Were instrumental in creating a new normal: the shredding of the government safety net for families and households, the end of the period of rising real wages and a living wage that enabled people to support families and dependents, and the immiseration of households. Laura Briggs argues for the critical importance of paying attention to reproductive politics in this new era"Provided by publisher.

"Radical feminism's misogynistic crusade" or the conservative tax revolt? / Welfare reform : the vicious campaign to reform 1% of the budget / Offshoring reproduction / The politics and economy of reproductive technology and black infant mortality / Gay married, with children / Epilogue : the subprime.

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