Although new technologies like those that assist conception or allow genetic selection may appear to be an antithesis of other violent versions of population control, this book demonstrates that both are part of the same continuum. It argues that as fertility rates decline worldwide, the fervour to control fertility, and fertile bodies, does not dissipate what evolves is the preferred mode of control. TIME: 10am Berkeley | Calculate Your Local Timeīirth controlled analyses the world of selective reproduction - the politics of who gets to legitimately reproduce the future - through a cross-cultural analysis of three modes of 'controlling' birth: contraception, reproductive violence and repro-genetic technologies. UCB30, for 30% off the book if ordered on MUP website UCB event discount code for purchasing Birth controlled: The Center on Contemporary India invites you to a panel discussion on Birth controlled: Selective reproduction and neoliberal eugenics in South Africa and India, a new book edited by Amrita Pande, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Cape Town.
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