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OverviewReproductionis the most emotionally complicated human activity. It transforms lives but it also creates fears and anxieties about women whose childbearing doesn't conform to the norm. Baby Trouble in the Last Best West explores the ways that women's childbearing became understood as a social problem in early twentieth-century Alberta. Kaler utilizes censuses, newspaper reports, social work case files, and personal letters to illuminate the ordeals that women, men, and babies were subjected to as Albertans debated childbearing. Through the lens of reproduction, Kaler offers a vivid and engaging analysis of how colonialism, racism, nationalism, medicalization, and evolving gender politics contributed to Alberta's imaginative economy of reproduction. Kaler investigates five different episodes of ""baby trouble"": the emergence of obstetrics as a political issue, the drive for eugenic sterilization, unmarried childbearing and ""rescue homes"" for unmarried mothers, state-sponsored allowances for single mothers, and high infant mortality. Baby Trouble in the Last Best West will transport the reader to the turmoil of Alberta's early years while examining the complexity of settler society-building and gender struggles. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Amy KalerPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9781442645684ISBN 10: 1442645687 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 09 February 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of Contents"List of Figures Acknowledgements List of Figures Acknowledgements Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - The Little Immigrant Who Comes Into Our Homes: The Material Conditions of Childbirth Chapter 3 - Treasures: Multiple Economies of Reproduction at the Beulah Rescue Home Chapter 4 - Mothers' Duties: Eugenics, Sterilization and the United Farm Women of Alberta Chapter 5 - ""Perhaps You May Think Me Independent"": The Right to a Mothers' Allowance Chapter 6 - Unless the Infant Lives, the National Gain is Nil: Infant Mortality as Failed Reproduction Conclusion References Notes"ReviewsBaby Trouble in the Last Best West contributes greatly to our understanding of Alberta's settler society history. Amy Kaler connects a number of seemingly disparate instances of political, moral and social responses to women's reproduction in order to illuminate the ways the state and its moral entrepreneurs value, devalue and attempt to extract women's reproductive labour. - Claudia Malacrida, Department of Sociology, University of Lethbridge Amy Kaler's scholarship in Baby Trouble in the Last Best West is impressive. The author has produced a very well written, interesting, and accessible work that makes excellent use of the vast array of data and literatures available. - Fiona Nelson, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary """ Baby Trouble in the Last Best West contributes greatly to our understanding of Alberta's settler society history. Amy Kaler connects a number of seemingly disparate instances of political, moral and social responses to women's reproduction in order to illuminate the ways the state and its moral entrepreneurs value, devalue and attempt to extract women's reproductive labour."" --Claudia Malacrida, Department of Sociology, University of Lethbridge ""Amy Kaler's scholarship in Baby Trouble in the Last Best West is impressive. The author has produced a very well written, interesting, and accessible work that makes excellent use of the vast array of data and literatures available."" --Fiona Nelson, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary" """Baby Trouble in the Last Best West contributes greatly to our understanding of Alberta's settler society history. Amy Kaler connects a number of seemingly disparate instances of political, moral and social responses to women's reproduction in order to illuminate the ways the state and its moral entrepreneurs value, devalue and attempt to extract women's reproductive labour.""--Claudia Malacrida, Department of Sociology, University of Lethbridge ""Amy Kaler's scholarship in Baby Trouble in the Last Best West is impressive. The author has produced a very well written, interesting, and accessible work that makes excellent use of the vast array of data and literatures available.""--Fiona Nelson, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary" Author InformationAmy Kaler is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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