{"product_id":"conceiving-cuba-reproduction-women-and-the-state-in-the-post-soviet-era-paperback-softback-9780813565194","title":"Conceiving Cuba; Reproduction, Women, and the State in the Post-Soviet Era (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813565194","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConceiving Cuba\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReproduction, Women, and the State in the Post-Soviet Era\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElise Andaya (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813565194\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 May 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.5 cm, 0.283 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Andaya reveals the complex entanglement of women’s reproductive choices, healthcare practices, and the state’s agenda to reshape gender ideologies. This rich ethnography will appeal to regional specialists, and to scholars of gender, reproduction, post-socialism, and social change.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e - Nadine Fernandez (author of Revolutionizing Romance: Interracial Couples in Contemporary Cuba)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eReceived an Honorable Mention for the 2015 First Michelle Rosaldo Prize for a First Book in Feminist Anthropology from the Association for Feminist Anthropology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Adele E. Clarke Book Award from ReproNetwork​\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After Cuba’s 1959 revolution, the Castro government sought to instill a new social order. Hoping to achieve a new and egalitarian society, the state invested in policies designed to promote the well-being of women and children. Yet once the Soviet Union fell and Cuba’s economic troubles worsened, these programs began to collapse, with serious results for Cuban families.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConceiving Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e offers an intimate look at how, with the island’s political and economic future in question, reproduction has become the subject of heated public debates and agonizing private decisions. Drawing from several years of first-hand observations and interviews, anthropologist Elise Andaya takes us inside Cuba’s households and medical systems. Along the way, she introduces us to the women who wrestle with the difficult question of whether they can afford a child, as well as the doctors who, with only meager resources at their disposal, struggle to balance the needs of their patients with the mandates of the state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Andaya’s groundbreaking research considers not only how socialist policies have profoundly affected the ways Cuban families imagine the future, but also how the current crisis in reproduction has deeply influenced ordinary Cubans’ views on socialism and the future of the revolution. Casting a sympathetic eye upon a troubled state, \u003ci\u003eConceiving Cuba \u003c\/i\u003egives new life to the notion that the personal is always political.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction : reproduction, women, and the state\u003cbr\u003e (Re)producing the new woman : the early revolutionary years\u003cbr\u003e Reproducing citizens and socialism in prenatal care\u003cbr\u003e Abortion and calculated risks\u003cbr\u003e Engendered economies and the dilemmas of reproduction\u003cbr\u003e Having faith and making family overseas\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion : reproducing the revolution\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559342764312,"sku":"9780813565194","price":24.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/conceiving-cuba-reproduction-women-and-the-state-in-the-post-soviet-era-paperback-softback-9780813565194","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}