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European Women´s Movements and Body Politics

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    SYSNO ASEP0446334
    Document TypeM - Monograph Chapter
    R&D Document TypeMonograph Chapter
    TitleWomen's Movements and Bodily Autonomy: Making the Case for Bodily Citizenship
    Author(s) Outshoorn, J. (NL)
    Dudová, Radka (SOU-Z) RID, ORCID, SAI
    Prata, A. (US)
    Freidenvall, L. (SE)
    Source TitleEuropean Women´s Movements and Body Politics. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 / Outshoorn J. - ISBN 978-1-137-35165-4
    Pagess. 153-177
    Number of pages25 s.
    Number of copy300
    Number of pages203
    Publication formPrint - P
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    Keywordsbody ; citizenship ; abortion
    Subject RIVAO - Sociology, Demography
    Institutional supportSOU-Z - RVO:68378025
    UT WOS000376515400006
    AnnotationIn the chapter we show, on the basis of a comparative study of the contribution of women’s movements in four different European countries to realizing the right to bodily integrity for women (the cases of abortion and prostitution), that the concept of bodily citizenship is both important in this political struggle and a productive tool for the analysis of women’s issues in politics and public policy. We draw on the theory of Michel Foucault and Nicolas Rose, arguing that women´s bodies have always been the sites of state intervention through which the bio-politics is carried out. Unlike the intimate citizenship that focuses on the individual level, with too little attention for the state, government and law, the bodily citizenship aims to preserve the rights to bodily integrity, contesting state governance and dominant political discourses about the female body.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Sociology
    ContactEva Nechvátalová, eva.nechvatalova@soc.cas.cz, Tel.: 222 220 924 / linka 351
    Year of Publishing2016
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