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An Intergenerational Trialogue on Global Body Politics

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This intergenerational dialogue explores global body politics from our different historical standpoints. Inspired by Alexandra Garita's reflections on sexual and reproductive justice the three authors look at what sexual and reproductive health and rights means to them.

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  • Female Body
  • Feminist Movement
  • Body Politics
  • Feminist Woman
  • Western Feminism

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Coumans, S.V., Harcourt, W., Keysers, L. (2017). An Intergenerational Trialogue on Global Body Politics. In: Harcourt, W. (eds) Bodies in Resistance. Gender, Development and Social Change. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47780-4_10

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