Eugenic Feminism: Reproductive Nationalism in the United States and India

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EUGENIC FEMINISM This page intentionally left blank EUGENIC FEMINISM Reproductive Nationalism in the United States and India ASHA NADKARNI University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London Portions of chapters 1, 2, and 3 were previously published as “Eugenic Feminism: Asian Reproduction in the U.S. National Imaginary,” NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction 39, no. 2 (2006): 221–44. Copyright 2006 Novel, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Duke University Press. www.dukeupress.edu. Portions of chapter 3 were previously published as “‘World Menace’: National Reproduction and Public Health in Katherine Mayo’s Mother India,” Nation and Migration: Past and Future, special issue of American Quarterly (2009): 303–25. Reprinted with permission of The Johns Hopkins University Press. Copyright 2008 by the American Studies Association. Copyright 2014 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying , recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nadkarni, Asha. Eugenic feminism : reproductive nationalism in the United States and India / Asha Nadkarni. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-8990-3 (hc : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8166-8993-4 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Feminism—India. 2. Feminism—United States. 3. Eugenics—India. 4. Eugenics—United States. 5. Birth control—India. 6. Birth control—United States. I. Title. HQ1742.N32 2014 305.420954—dc23 2013028375 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my parents, Ravi Nadkarni and Sara Nadkarni and my sisters, Maya Nadkarni and Neela Grace Nadkarni This page intentionally left blank ...