Mother Ireland : women, the state and the abortion referendum in the Republic of Ireland
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-oberlin13159195412021-08-03T05:42:32Z Mother Ireland : women, the state and the abortion referendum in the Republic of Ireland DeWan, Jennifer K. Families and Family Life Social Research Social Structure Sociology Irish women abortion maternal family Ireland mother idenitiy In this paper, I examine the relationship between women and the Irish state, particularly how the nationalist state has defined and controlled women through their reproductive capabilities. I outline the factors that have contributed to the construction of women's identity and how women haveresisted the limitations of this construction in a variety of ways. The issue of abortion is an excellent point on which to base the discussion of women in Ireland because of it extraordinary impact on Irish society. To outline themethodology of this examination, this thesis is theoretically grounded in feminist anthropology, in which the category 'woman' is defined as culturallyconstructed rather than biologically based. I focus on general theories concerning women in states with an emphasis on the state control of women's reproductive capabilities. The argument functions from the understandingthat women are social actors and express various types of power within society, particularly that areas of women's resistance to state control of their reproduction are dynamic expressions of women's voices. I apply thesetheories to the women in Ireland as an anthropological case study and in the process examine the usefulness of relying on general theories in illuminating specific cases of anthropological research. 1997 English text Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1315919541 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1315919541 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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Mother Ireland : women, the state and the abortion referendum in the Republic of Ireland |
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