Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico by L

Description: Reproducing Empire by Laura Briggs Shows how, for both Puerto Ricans and North Americans, ideologies of sexuality, reproduction, and gender have shaped relations between the island and the mainland. This work suggests that interventionist discourses of rescue, family, and sexuality fueled US imperial projects and organized American colonialism. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Original and compelling, Laura Briggss Reproducing Empire shows how, for both Puerto Ricans and North Americans, ideologies of sexuality, reproduction, and gender have shaped relations between the island and the mainland. From science to public policy, the "culture of poverty" to overpopulation, feminism to Puerto Rican nationalism, this book uncovers the persistence of concerns about motherhood, prostitution, and family in shaping the beliefs and practices of virtually every player in the twentieth-century drama of Puerto Rican colonialism. In this way, it sheds light on the legacies haunting contemporary debates over globalization.Puerto Rico is a perfect lens through which to examine colonialism and globalization because for the past century it has been where the United States has expressed and fine-tuned its attitudes toward its own expansionism. Puerto Ricos history holds no simple lessons for present-day debate over globalization but does unearth some of its history. Reproducing Empire suggests that interventionist discourses of rescue, family, and sexuality fueled U.S. imperial projects and organized American colonialism.Through the politics, biology, and medicine of eugenics, prostitution, and birth control, the United States has justified its presence in the territorys politics and society. Briggs makes an innovative contribution to Puerto Rican and U.S. history, effectively arguing that gender has been crucial to the relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico, and more broadly, to U.S. expansion elsewhere. Back Cover Be happy in the Lord. Psalm 37:4 nlv Flap "Laura Briggs has given us a very smart book. Shes opened my eyes to Puerto Rican womens centrality to the entire American imperial enterprise. Pay attention to prostitution--debates about it, maneuvers to control it, reliance on it--and well gain a more realistic sense of political life. Briggs shows us how true that is. Im going to recommend this book to everyone."--Cynthia Enloe, author of Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Womens Lives "A superb analysis of how U.S. colonialism in Puerto Rico had profound effects on sex, gender, and racial formations in both nations. Briggs sets new standards for the study of race and gender in U.S. womens history."--Peggy Pascoe, University of Oregon Author Biography Laura Briggs is Assistant Professor in the Department of Womens Studies at the University of Arizona. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Colonialism: Familiar Territory 1. Sexuality, Medicine, and Imperialism: The International Traffic in Prostitution Policy 2. Sex and Citizenship: The Politics of Prostitution in Puerto Rico, 1898--1918 3. Debating Reproduction: Birth Control, Eugenics, and Overpopulation in Puerto Rico, 1920--1940 4. Demon Mothers in the Social Laboratory: Development, Overpopulation, and "the Pill," 1940--1960 5. The Politics of Sterilization, 1937--1974 6. "I like to be in America": Postwar Puerto Rican Migration, the Culture of Poverty, and the Moynihan Report Epilogue. Ghosts, Cyborgs, and Why Puerto Rico Is the Most Important Place in the World Notes Bibliography Index Details ISBN0520232585 Author Laura Briggs Short Title REPRODUCING EMPIRE Pages 289 Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520232585 ISBN-13 9780520232587 Media Book Format Paperback Series Number 11 Year 2003 Imprint University of California Press Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Place of Publication Berkerley Birth 1964 Subtitle Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico DOI 10.1604/9780520232587 UK Release Date 2003-01-20 AU Release Date 2003-01-20 NZ Release Date 2003-01-20 US Release Date 2003-01-20 Illustrations 2 maps Series American Crossroads Publication Date 2003-01-20 DEWEY 363.9 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159510054;

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