HIEU 140 Lecture 6: Motherhood and Nationalism
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Hieu 140 lecture 6 motherhood and nationalism. How did population policy affect mothers: public -> private sphere. Gendered expansion of state authority: expansion of what the state thinks is terrain for public policy to control, expanding based on understanding of male and female roles. From late 18th century: population as an issue to be managed: only with census-taking beginning of 19th century population becomes quantifiable, and becomes seen as something that the state can manage. Early 19th century: thomas malthus and fear of overpopulation: too many people, malthus: population is growing far faster than the amount of food able to be produced. State needs to provide negative incentives: make charity from the state so bad, that people will avoid having children, more children you have, the fewer benefits you get. I(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ility for (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)er of (cid:272)hildre(cid:374), a(cid:374)d if you (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t feed the(cid:373), you should(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:271)e having them. Falling births but stable infant mortality: core of motherhood debate.
