Reproduction - sotsioloogia
UNIT 4 What is Reproduction?
· Viewing reproduction through a Sociological
lens poses complex probLems:
1. Nature vs Culture
2. Agency vs Structure
3. Private vs Public
How does Reproduction become political?
· Structures constrain, Agency resists
· Danger of romanticising opposition for `oppositional positions' cannot
develop independent of dominant social positions.
Racialised Mothers' from Slavery to Immigration
"Welfare Mother" is suffused with ideologies of `race', class and gender.
It implicates and blames the poor for their poverty. "Welfare Mother" or
"Welfare Queen" becomes the public face of `failed mothering' by poor women. Dominant worldview that blames individuals for
their failings, particularly if these are financial However, where there is structure there is agency and resistance
Ginsburg:
Colen:
II Contested reproduction
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