European Women's Movements and Body Politics The Struggle for Autonomy [Hardcover]

This book examines how feminist movements have contested the dominant discourses and state politics that have impeded women's autonomy over their bodies since the late 1960s. It deals with two important facets of this struggle, prostitution and the right to abortion, as they relate to the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden.1. Women's Movements and Bodily Integrity; Joyce Outshoorn; Radka Dudov?; Ana Prata; Lenita Freidenvall 2. Constructing Bodily Citizenship in the Czech Republic: the Issues of Abortion and Prostitution; Radka Dudov? 3. The Struggle for Bodily Integrity in The Netherlands; Joyce Outshoorn 4. Portugal's Bodily Citizenship; Ana Prata 5. In Pursuit of Bodily Integrity in Sweden; Lenita Freidenvall 6. Women's Movements and Bodily Autonomy: Making the Case for Bodily Citizenship; Joyce Outshoorn; Radka Dudov?;Ana Prata; Lenita FreidenvallRadka Dudov?, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech RepublicLenita Freidenvall, Stockholm University, SwedenAna Prata, California State University Northridge, United States