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Rousseau, Nicole

Black women's burden: commodifying black reproduction/ - 1st ed. - New York: Palgave macmillan, 2009. - 227 p.

PART I: WHY BLACK REPRODUCTION?
Introduction The Significance of Social Rhetoric On Historical Materialist Theory& Method Applying the Historical Materialist Paradigm

PART II: SLAVERY MATTERS!
Becoming Instruments of Production This the White Man's Burden Or Ours? Age Old Pimpin': Exploitative Reproductive Policies

PART III: EMANCIPATED...NOT LIBERATED
Labour in the Industrial Age Becoming a Social Problem Morons, Mental Defectives, Prostitutes,& Dope Fiends: Restrictive Reproductive Policies

PART IV: A BRAND NEW DAY
Global Capitalism in the Electronic Age Pathologizing the Black Woman She's Out of Control: Controlling Reproductive Policies Vilifying Black Motherhood Gettin' Your Tubes Tied: Coercive Reproductive Policies

PART V: TOWARD A THEORY ON THE COMMODIFICATION OF BLACK WOMEN'S REPRODUCTION
Rationalizing Commodification Social Rhetoric as a Hegemonic Tool Commodifying Black Reproduction

PART VI: LIBERATION
Finding Freedom Notes Key Concepts and Definitions Bibliography Index

ISBN: 9780230615304

Dewey Class. No.: 305.896073 / ROU/B