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Surgery and Salvation

Surgery and Salvation

The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770–1940

Bunche Hall, Rm 6275 & online

In this sweeping history of reproductive surgery in Mexico, Elizabeth O'Brien traces the interstices of religion, reproduction, and obstetric racism from the end of the Spanish empire through the post-revolutionary 1930s. Examining medical ideas about operations (including cesarean section, abortion, hysterectomy, and eugenic sterilization), Catholic theology, and notions of modernity and identity, O'Brien argues that present-day claims about fetal personhood are rooted in the use of surgical force against marginalized and racialized women. This history illuminates the theological, patriarchal, and epistemological roots of obstetric violence and racism today.

Presenter:
Elizabeth O'Brien
UCLA History Department
 
Moderator: 
Fernando Perez-Montesinos
UCLA History Department 

A yummy lunch will be served



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Sponsor(s): Center for Mexican Studies, Latin American Institute, Department of History

21 Nov 24
12:00 PM -

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