- Paperback: 332 pages
- Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division (December 6, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-13: 978-1442612556
- Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
Facing Eugenics is a social history
of sexual sterilization operations in twentieth-century Canada. Looking
at real-life experiences of men and women who, either coercively or
voluntarily, participated in the largest legal eugenics program in
Canada, it considers the impact of successive legal policies and medical
practices on shaping our understanding of contemporary reproductive
rights. The book also provides deep insights into the broader
implications of medical experimentation, institutionalization, and
health care in North America.
Erika Dyck uses a range of
historical evidence, including medical files, court testimony, and
personal records to place mental health and intelligence at the centre
of discussions regarding reproductive fitness. Examining acts of
resistance alongside heavy-handed decisions to sterilize people
considered “unfit,” Facing Eugenics illuminates how
reproductive rights fit into a broader discussion of what constitutes
civil liberties, modern feminism, and contemporary psychiatric survivor
and disability activism.
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