The Limits of Bodily Integrity: Abortion, Adultery, and Rape Legislation in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754670612)

This volume argues that legislation on abortion, adultery, and rape has been central to the formation of the modern citizen. The author draws on rights literature, bio-political scholarship, and a gender-studies perspective as a foundation for rethinking the sovereign relationship. In approaching the politicization of reproductive space from this direction, the study resituates the role of rights and rights-granting within the sovereign relationship. A second theme running throughout the book explores the international implications of these arguments and addresses the role of abortion, adultery and rape legislation in constructing 'civilizational' relationships. In focusing on the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, France and Italy as case studies, Miller presents a discussion of what 'Europe' is, and the role of sexuality and reproduction in defining it.

Author: Ruth A. Miller
ISBN-10: 0754670619
ISBN-13: 9780754670612
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 05/28/2007
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d