Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico Volume 11

by Laura Briggs

Book Overview

Original and compelling, Laura Briggs's Reproducing Empire shows how, for both Puerto Ricans and North Americans, ideologies of sexuality, reproduction, and gender have shaped relations between the island and the mainland. From science to public policy, the "culture of poverty" to overpopulation, feminism to Puerto Rican nationalism, this book uncovers the persistence of concerns about motherhood, prostitution, and family in shaping the beliefs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520232585
• ISBN13: 9780520232587
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"