Power, reproduction and, gender : the inter-generational transfer of knowledge / edited by Wendy Harcourt.

London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, [1997]

x, 205 pages ; 23 cm

Copy 1. Donor: Susie Daniel.

An analysis of reproductive health : myths, resistance, and new knowledge / Wendy Harcourt -- Competing ideologies : adolescence, knowledge, and silences in Dar es Salaam / Brigit Obrist van Eeuwijk and Susan Mlangwa -- Cross-generational knowledge transfer on reporductive health among women in Ghana / Miranda N. Greenstreet and R.A. Banibensu -- Codes of honour : reporductive life histories of domestic workers in Rio de Janeiro / Jacqueline Pitanguy and Cecilia de Mello e Souza -- Inter- and intra-generational knowledge transfer and zones of silence around reproductive health in Sunnakhi / Khawar Mumtaz and Fauzia Rauf -- The impact of the global economy : returnee migrant workers in Sri Lanka / Sandya Hewamanne and Hans Peter Müller -- Two generations of Italian women : shifts in life choices, reproductive health, and sexuality / Emanuela Calabrini and Elisabetta Vaccaro -- Motherhood in Switzerland : a rational and responsible choice? / Verena Hillmann and Therese Vögeli Sörensen -- Conclusions : moving from the private to the public domain / Wendy Harcourt.

Includes bibliographical references and index.