The Limits of Bodily Integrity

Abortion, Adultery, and Rape Legislation in Comparative Perspective

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ID19949599
AuthorsRuth A Miller (0000-0001-9376-0401, University of New Mexico, corresponding author)
Year2016
Pages200
Publication date2016-03-03
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueLimits of Bodily Integrity (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315556024
OpenAlexW638456627
ISBN9781315556024
Open LibraryOL53970040M
LanguageEN
Citations received14

This volume argues that legislation on abortion, adultery, and rape has been central to the formation of the modern citizen. The author draws on rights literature, bio-political scholarship, and a gender-studies perspective as a foundation for rethinking the sovereign relationship. In approaching the politicization of reproductive space from this direction, the study resituates the role of rights and rights-granting within the sovereign relationship. A second theme running throughout the book explores the international implications of these arguments and addresses the role of abortion, adultery and rape legislation in constructing 'civilizational' relationships. In focusing on the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, France and Italy as case studies, Miller presents a discussion of what 'Europe' is, and the role of sexuality and reproduction in defining it

European history and politics · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Psychology · Civil rights · Europe · Human reproduction · law and legislation · Legal status, laws, etc · Sex and law · Women

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