FIVE “Fertile Womb Battalion”: The Gender and Racial Politics of Motherhood

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. A Note on Romanization and Names xv
6. INTRODUCTION. Population: A Discursive Site of En-gendering Life 1
7. ONE The Population Problem and Utopian Remedies 16
8. TWO Voluntary Motherhood: The Feminist Politics of Birth Control 45
9. THREE Scientific and Imperialist Solutions to Overpopulation 71
10. FOUR Building a Biopolitical State: The Mobilization of Health for Total War 102
11. FIVE “Fertile Womb Battalion”: The Gender and Racial Politics of Motherhood 133
12. EPILOGUE The Continued Politics of the “Population Problem” 158
13. Glossary 165
14. Notes 167
15. Bibliography 205
16. Index 225