Eugenic Housing
Redlining, Reproductive Regulation, and Suburban Development in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4763787 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura L Lovett (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 67-83 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women's studies quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0732-1562 • E-ISSN: 1934-1520 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/wsq.2020.0019 |
| OpenAlex | W3025123297 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
American eugenicists in the 1930s saw housing programs as a vehicle for a new form of reproductive regulation promoting large families for the so-called fit while limiting family size among the so-called unfit. Housing developers, federal agencies, and real-estate associations used a eugenically informed racial hierarchy to justify redlining and preferential home loans that discriminated against African Americans and immigrants. Reframing this history from a feminist perspective, I argue that these practices were intended as a form of eugenic regulation that enforced women's role as reproducers. This reproductive agenda contributed to a legacy of race-based discrimination in housing, and disparities in wealth that resulted from those differences
Cognitive reframing · Criminology · Economic growth · Economics · Eugenics · Immigration · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medical History and Research · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |