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The Fallopian Dilemma: African Bodies, Citizenship and Family Planning

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dc.contributor.authorPussetti, Chiara
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-02T10:08:18Z
dc.date.available2015-10-02T10:08:18Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractIn the recent context of the European Union governmental activity—in particular in this time of crisis—immigration-related issues became of pivotal importance. Social healthcare programmes targeting deprived immigrant populations equate reducing social problems with guiding their conduct towards more responsible, healthier habits and life projects. Building upon a set of debates on governing the body and health under advanced liberalism, this paper, focusing on the Portuguese context and on family planning, suggests ideas towards a new research agenda on immigration and public health, claiming that social care interventions are inherently racialized. The insecurities, threats and overall concerns in a time of global crisis create a state of exception, which justifies the deployment of illiberal practices in order to secure collective well-being. In particular, I am interested in how the dominant discourses of the health and social care sectors influence [1] the ways in which “the right thing to do” is constructed and debated and the material effects of these decisions on immigrants lives; [2] the ongoing strategies, micronegotiations of power and truth between different actors; [3] the fading borders of the subject of medical knowledge, which becomes no longer to govern the body merely according to a medical logic, but rather to seek social well-being.pt_PT
dc.identifier10.1007/s40615-014-0044-0
dc.identifier.citationPussetti, C. G. (2015). The fallopian dilemma: african bodies, citizenship and family planning. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2 (1), 21-33pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s40615-014-0044-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/20196
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://link.springer.com/article/%2010.1007/s40615-014-0044-0pt_PT
dc.subjectWomen healthpt_PT
dc.subjectFamily planningpt_PT
dc.subjectAfrican sexualitypt_PT
dc.titleThe Fallopian Dilemma: African Bodies, Citizenship and Family Planningpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage33pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage21pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparitiespt_PT
oaire.citation.volume2 (1)pt_PT
person.familyNamepussetti
person.givenNamechiara
person.identifier.ciencia-id2517-0233-71F8
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-2146-3587
person.identifier.ridC-6285-2015
person.identifier.scopus-author-id36138851900
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rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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