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Book SynopsisIn Greece, women speak of mothering as 'within the nature' of a woman. This anthropological study of reproductive politics and ethics in Athens, Greece, tracks the effects of increasing consumerism and imported biomedical family planning methods, showing how women's 'nature' is being transformed to meet crosscutting claims of the world.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration Prologue: Varnava Square 1. Realizing Nature 2. Remaking Mothers: From an Ethic of Service to an Ethic of Choice 3. Rationalizing Sex: Family Planning and an Ethic of Well-Being 4. Maternal Citizens: Demographics, Pronatalism, and Population Policy 5. Technologies of Greek Motherhood Appendix 1: Total Fertility Rates: Children per Woman Age 15-49 Appendix 2: Legislation of the Greek State Pertaining to Gender Equality, Marriage, Family, and Reproduction Appendix 3: Birthrates, 1934-1999 Notes References Index
