At the Heart of It All?: Discourses on the Reproductive Rights of African American Women in the 20th Century

Author/Contributor(s):	Overbeck, Anne
Publisher:	Walter de Gruyter
Date:	01/29/2019
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

From the very beginning reproductive rights and thereby motherhood of African-American women have been subject to interference from the outside and a matter of public debate. During the time of slavery African-American women were seen as commodities of value also and especially because of their ability to reproduce.