This book analyses how the Weimar Republic put Germany in the forefront of social reform and women's emancipation with wide-ranging maternal welfare programmes and labour protection laws. Its enlightened policy of family planning and liberalised abortion laws offered women a new measure of control over their lives. But the new politics of the body also increased state intervention, the power of the medical profession and the tendency to sacrifice women's rights to national interests whenever the Volk seemed in danger of 'racial decline'.
1119134440
The Politics of the Body in Weimar Germany: Women's Reproductive Rights and Duties
This book analyses how the Weimar Republic put Germany in the forefront of social reform and women's emancipation with wide-ranging maternal welfare programmes and labour protection laws. Its enlightened policy of family planning and liberalised abortion laws offered women a new measure of control over their lives. But the new politics of the body also increased state intervention, the power of the medical profession and the tendency to sacrifice women's rights to national interests whenever the Volk seemed in danger of 'racial decline'.
199.0
Out Of Stock
5
1
The Politics of the Body in Weimar Germany: Women's Reproductive Rights and Duties
324
The Politics of the Body in Weimar Germany: Women's Reproductive Rights and Duties
324Paperback(1st ed. 1992)
$199.00
Related collections and offers
199.0
Out Of Stock
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781349122462 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication date: | 01/14/2014 |
| Series: | Studies in Gender History Series |
| Edition description: | 1st ed. 1992 |
| Pages: | 324 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |
From the B&N Reads Blog