Decolonizing Reproductive Rights in Latin America
the cases of forced sterilization in peru
$148.98
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2026
Summary
Unheard Wombs: Forced Sterilization and Reproductive Justice in Peru
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Peru, this book examines forced sterilization through various registers, from the ways women speak about reproductive abuse to urban feminist activism and bureaucratic responses. The author argues that a hierarchy of discourse shapes the dominant understanding of reproductive abuse, rooted in repronormativity. This focus often overlooks other harms, such as loss of strength and ch…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529236057 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529236053 |
| Author: | Julieta Chaparro-Buitrago |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press |
| Imprint: | Bristol University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Decolonization and Social Worlds |
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‘This pathbreaking study of Peru’s unprecedented sterilization campaign offers a bold new take on the intersection of reproductive violence, feminist activism and the reproductive justice movement. Introducing the concept of reproductive grammars to structure her brilliantly insightful ethnographic account, Chaparro-Buitrago has produced a truly transformative and vital account of contemporary reproductive politics.’ Sarah Franklin, University of Cambridge
About The Author
Julieta Chaparro-Buitrago
Julieta Chaparro-Buitrago is Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.
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