Better Britons : reproduction, national identity, and the afterlife of empire / / Nadine Attewell

• Autore: Attewell Nadine
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.6094109/04
• Soggetto topico: Human reproduction - Government policy - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Human reproduction - Government policy - New Zealand - History - 20th century; Human reproduction - Government policy - Australia - History - 20th century; National characteristics, British - History - 20th century; National characteristics, New Zealand - History - 20th century; National characteristics, Australian - History - 20th century; Decolonization - Great Britain - Colonies - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Neuseeland; Grossbritannien; Australien; New Zealand; Great Britain; Australia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Part One: Beginnings. 1 An Island Solution: Utopian Forms and the Routing of National Identity -- 2 Whiteness for Beginners: An Australian Experiment. ; Part Two: Endings. 3 "I kept on dreaming about the sea": Foreclosure and the Aborting Woman -- 4 Apprehending Loss: Maternity at the Margins -- Envoi.
• Sommario/riassunto: Better Britons charts an innovative approach to the politics of reproduction by reading an array of works and discourses that reflect on the significance of reproductive behaviours for civic, national, and racial identities.
• Titolo autorizzato: Better Britons
• ISBN: 1-4426-6707-9; 1-4426-6706-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787987803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II