Carole McCann (Books)

Carole McCann Books

This author's work critically examines the historical and social forces shaping gender and women's studies. Their scholarship delves into the complex politics and movements that have defined reproductive rights and feminist thought. The author's approach offers insightful perspectives on how societal structures and activism intersect to influence policy and theory. Their writing provides a nuanced understanding of the ongoing evolution of gender and feminist discourse.

Figuring the Population Bomb

328 pages
12 hours of reading

Acknowledgments -- Matters of vital importance : demography and the mid-twentieth-century population imaginary -- Rereading Malthus : population and masculine modernity -- Narratives of exclusion, mechanisms of inclusion : demographic boundary work -- Remaking Malthusian couplings for the contraceptive age -- Demographic transitions and modern masculinities -- "Second sight" and "fictitious accuracy to the numbers"--Conclusion: demographic convictions and sound knowledge -- Notes -- References -- Index