The Wombs of Women: Race, Capital, Feminism - Theory in Forms - Francoise Verges - Books - Duke University Press - 9781478008521 - August 14, 2020
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The Wombs of Women: Race, Capital, Feminism - Theory in Forms

Francoise Verges

The Wombs of Women: Race, Capital, Feminism - Theory in Forms

Françoise Vergès examines the scandal of white doctors forcefully terminating the pregnancies of thousands of poor women of color on the French island of Réunion during the 1960s, showing how they resulted from the legacies of the racialized violence of slavery and colonialism.


184 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released August 14, 2020
ISBN13 9781478008521
Publishers Duke University Press
Pages 277
Dimensions 408 g
Translator Glover, Kaiama L.

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