The Culture of Sterilization: Understanding the Desire for Female Surgical Sterilization Among Women in Brazil
Bessa, Gina Louise Hunter De
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Description
Title
The Culture of Sterilization: Understanding the Desire for Female Surgical Sterilization Among Women in Brazil
Author(s)
Bessa, Gina Louise Hunter De
Issue Date
2001
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Norman Whitten, Jr
Department of Study
Anthropology
Discipline
Anthropology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Women's Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
My thesis is that women value sterilization because it resolves a series of everyday conflicts surrounding productive/reproductive labor, sex/gender relations, and their bodies. This study contributes to understanding high rates of female surgical sterilization in Brazil by showing how women are invested in the current contraceptive regime and by highlighting the social context that hinders women's use of reversible methods.
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