Homeland Maternity: US Security Culture and the New Reproductive Regime

by Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz

Book Overview

In US security culture, motherhood is a site of intense contestation--both a powerful form of cultural currency and a target of unprecedented assault. Linked by an atmosphere of crisis and perceived vulnerability, motherhood and nation have become intimately entwined, dangerously positioning national security as reliant on the control of women's bodies. Drawing on feminist scholarship and critical studies of security culture, Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252084144
• ISBN13: 9780252084140
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"