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BOUSKILL, Kathryn
Barren Beliefs: The Sterilization Campaign and Contraception in Peru
2008
University of Notre Dame
fujimori, esterilizaciones forzadas, genocidio, control de poblacion, english, ingles
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La traducción de este artículo también aparece en nuestra Hemeroteca con el título
de "Creencias estériles: la esterilización y anticoncepción en el Peru"
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| This paper examines the sociocultural ramifications of a government-mandated sterilization |
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| campaign which took place in Peru during the late 1990s. Subsequently, it depicts the contraceptive |
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| decisions of those living in the Department of Cusco, Peru, which was highly-targeted during the |
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| sterilization campaign. I argue that both male and female agency in contraceptive decision-making is |
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| impeded by structural, economic, and sociocultural constraints. These conclusions are based on |
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| interviews and participant observation conducted within the rural towns and villages, as well as the |
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| city of Cusco, located in the Department of Cusco. Informants included government medical clinic |
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| staff, private medical clinic staff, women of reproductive age, and men of reproductive age. |
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| Qualitative analyses centered on experiences with contraceptives and sterilization, measures of |
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| government control over contraception, cultural identity, and the economic necessity to employ |
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| contraceptive methods. Based on these results, I conclude that approaches to examining |
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| contraceptive use and sterilizations in the developing world must address the structural, |
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| sociocultural, and economic constraints that impact agency and ethics in the administering of |
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temporary and permanent contraceptive methods.
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