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Resisting biopower for reproductive rights: Iranian women's hashtags.

Authors :
Sadeghi, Zahra
Source :
Asian Journal of Women's Studies; Dec2022, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p510-521, 12p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

According to Foucault, governments use biopower to take advantage of numerous and diverse techniques for the subjugation of bodies and controlling populations. Although he never discussed gender directly, women's bodies and natural life processes have always been sites of power and control. This paper seeks to show how Iran's recent Youthful Population and Protection of the Family Law is an example of the exercise of biopower that controls women's reproduction and denies them access to contraceptives. This is based on how women have reacted and resisted it using the social media platforms of Twitter with # حقوق_باروری (#reproductive_rights). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
12259276
Volume :
28
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Asian Journal of Women's Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
160904296
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2022.2151089