Review of: Kirsten Achtelik: Selbstbestimmte Norm. Feminismus, Pränataldiagnostik, Abtreibung. Berlin: Verbrecher Verlag 2015.

Authors

  • Heike Ursula Raab Universität

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/1196

Keywords:

Behinderung, Bevölkerungspolitik, Feminismus, Körper, Schwangerschaftsabbruch, Gender, Geschlecht

Abstract

From a historical perspective, the journalist Kirsten Achtelik tackles a topic that up to the present day has been widely ignored within the field of academic and political feminism: the feminist concept of self-determination and social-political questions when it comes to using reproductive technologies. Her argumentation is prompted by discussions about recent biotechnological developments, mainly as regards prenatal diagnostics, rendered problematic in a context of diagnosing handicaps. Achtelik creates a convincing synopsis of feminist positions and of positions of feminists with disabilities, thus illustrating just how closely related are the topics of disability and gender.

Author Biography

Heike Ursula Raab, Universität

wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiterin/Lehrbeauftragte an Universitäten (BRD und Österreich)

Arbeitsschwerpunkte:

Disability Studies, Queer Studies, Gender Studies

Forschungen/Vorträge im Bereich:

Gender Theorien; feminsitische Theoriebildung; Körper, Praxistheorien, Staat; Gouvernemenatlität, Neue Soziale Bewegungen, Cultural Studies; Biopolitik; Gender und Science; Medien; poststrukturalistische Theorien; empirische Sozialforschung

 

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Published

2016-10-24

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 4 (2016)

Section

Rezensionen

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