A Culturally Centered and Intersectional Approach to Reproductive Justice

A Culturally-Centered and Intersectional Approach to Reproductive Justice challenges assumptions and pre-existing notions regarding reproductive justice by grounding this work in a more inclusive and culturally informed context. It asserts that when different facets of reproductive justice are presented in the form of narrative self-reflexivity, readers find a space to safely evaluate their positionality within the larger reproductive justice movement while simultaneously acknowledging the complexity of the movement itself.

Format: Hardback
Length: 174 pages
Publication date: 15 October 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books

A culturally-centered and intersectional approach to reproductive justice delves into and challenges assumptions and pre-existing notions surrounding reproductive justice by grounding this work in a more inclusive and culturally informed context. Throughout history, contributors argue, reproductive justice movements have primarily centered white, cisgendered, and non-disabled women in the West. Moreover, women in the Global South have been underrepresented in scholarship, with research often focusing solely on the abuses they have suffered rather than delving deeper into issues of structures, barriers, or agency. Each chapter in this book is written from an autoethnographic perspective, unpacking the contributors' challenges in achieving reproductive justice for themselves and their respective communities. Ultimately, this book asserts that when different facets of reproductive justice are presented in the form of narrative self-reflexivity, readers find a space to safely evaluate their positionality within the broader reproductive justice movement while simultaneously acknowledging the movement's complexity. Scholars of communication, health, and womens and gender studies will find this book particularly intriguing.

Weight: 463g
Dimension: 237 x 158 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666936926