| Facing Eugenics: Reproduction, Sterilization, and the Politics of Choice Contributor(s): Dyck, Erika (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442644168 ISBN-13: 9781442644168 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $78.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - Social Science | Gender Studies - History | Canada - General |
| Dewey: 363.97 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.40 lbs) 332 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dyck, Erika: - Erika Dyck is Canada Research Chair in History of Medicine and an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan. |