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.

Autorentext
Radka Dudová, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic Lenita Freidenvall, Stockholm University, Sweden Ana Prata, California State University Northridge, United States

Inhalt

1. Women's Movements and Bodily Integrity; Joyce Outshoorn; Radka Dudová; Ana Prata; Lenita Freidenvall 2. Constructing Bodily Citizenship in the Czech Republic: the Issues of Abortion and Prostitution; Radka Dudová 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 Dudová;Ana Prata; Lenita Freidenvall