Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico: 11 (American Crossroads)

by Laura Briggs (Author), Laura Briggs (Author), Laura Briggs (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $40.19

  Shows how, for both Puerto Ricans and North Americans, ideologies of sexuality, reproduction, and gender have shaped relations between the island and the mainland. This work suggests that interventionist discourses of rescue, family, and sexuality fueled US imperial projects and organized American colonialism.