L�opez, Iris Ofelia.
Matters of choice Puerto Rican women's struggle for reproductive freedom / [electronic resource] : Iris Lopez. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008. - xxv, 184 p. : geneal. tables ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-177) and index.
The globalization of sterilization -- The birth control movement in Puerto Rico -- Gender awareness across generations -- Cultural continuities and urban change -- The Velez family: poverty, the cancer scare, and hysterectomies -- The Robles family: social change and gender struggle -- The Gomez family: under the knife again-reversing la operaci�on -- The Morales and Rivera families: tough love and sterile choices -- Reproductive rights and an integral model of reproductive freedom -- Ideologies and inequities in the health care system -- Toward an integral model of reproductive freedom.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA8C1928 bnb
Uk
Reproductive rights--History.--Puerto Rico
Poor women--Social conditions.--Puerto Rico
Poor--Puerto Rico.
Electronic books.
HQ766.5.P8 / L66 2008eb
363.9/7097295
Matters of choice Puerto Rican women's struggle for reproductive freedom / [electronic resource] : Iris Lopez. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008. - xxv, 184 p. : geneal. tables ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-177) and index.
The globalization of sterilization -- The birth control movement in Puerto Rico -- Gender awareness across generations -- Cultural continuities and urban change -- The Velez family: poverty, the cancer scare, and hysterectomies -- The Robles family: social change and gender struggle -- The Gomez family: under the knife again-reversing la operaci�on -- The Morales and Rivera families: tough love and sterile choices -- Reproductive rights and an integral model of reproductive freedom -- Ideologies and inequities in the health care system -- Toward an integral model of reproductive freedom.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA8C1928 bnb
Uk
Reproductive rights--History.--Puerto Rico
Poor women--Social conditions.--Puerto Rico
Poor--Puerto Rico.
Electronic books.
HQ766.5.P8 / L66 2008eb
363.9/7097295