Volume 27, Issue 1 (2025) Reproductive Justice across Disciplines and Demographics
Editors Introduction
Introduction to the Special Issue: Reproductive Justice across Disciplines and Demographics
Priyanka Tripathi and Laura Lazzari
Articles
(De)Constructing Desperation: The Dargah of Bu Ali Shah Qalandar as a Site of Emotional Wellbeing for Infertile Women
Shahida Shahida
Age-Related Infertility and Reproductive Tourism in Annarita Briganti’s Novel Non Chiedermi Come Sei Nata
María Reyes Ferrer
The ‘ART’ of (Re)Production: Understanding Motherhood Beyond Biological Destiny
Pratyusha Pramanik and Ajit K. Mishra
Motherhood, Infertility, and Femininity in Fadia Faqir’s Pillars of Salt
Fozia Sheikh and Munejah Khan
The Ethical Quandaries of Commercialized Surrogacy in India and Its Representation in Bollywood Films
Shruti Das and Deepshikha Routray
When Your Phone Knows You’re Pregnant Even If You Don’t: Period Tracking Applications and Threats to Privacy
Dominika Kuźnicka-Blaszkowska and Joanna Joachimska
Initiating an Epistemic Rupture: Exploring Contraceptive Awareness in Janhit Mein Jaari (2022) and Chhatriwali (2023)
Parvathy N and Priyanka Tripathi
From Care to Coercion: The Unspoken Reality of Disrespect and Abuse of Women in Maternal Healthcare in India
Meerambika Mahapatro and Sudeshna Roy
Fetal Personhood and Access to Reproductive Rights: Power and Precarity in Post-Roe America
Jainab Banu
“Mommy with a Different Body”: Rethinking Motherhood through American Breast Cancer Memoirs
Mahua Bhattacharyya and Ajit K. Mishra
Feminist Reflection
Menstruation and Menopause as Reproductive Justice Issues: Feminist Reflections on Activism, Research, and Policy from the Global Movement’s Scottish Hub
Bettina Bildhauer and Marcy L. Karin
Book Reviews
Book Review: After Sex
Anya Metzer
Book Review: Prenatal Genetic Testing, Abortion, and Disability Justice
Radhika Sharma and Nagendra Kumar
Executive Editors
Diana Fox, Department of Anthropology, Bridgewater State University, USA
Kimberly Chabot Davis, Department of English, Bridgewater State University, USA
Priyanka Tripathi, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India
Catherine Ndinda, Human Science Research Council, Pretoria; Development Studies, University of South Africa
Book Review Editors
Sreejata Paul, Department of English, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, India
Ayesha Perveen, Department of English, Virtual University of Pakistan
Film Review Editors
Mohosin Mandal, Department of English, Alipurduar Mahila Mahavidyalay, India
Olanireti O. Falade, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Darlene Miller, Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, South Africa
Editorial Assistants
Emma Voelker, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
Ashley Luise, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
Emma Shanley, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
Additional Copyeditors
Glen Beaulieu, Hanley Callahan, Finn Lee, Ross McCarthy, Grace Morris, Harley Shiner, and Shannon Tuson, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
Special Issue Editors
Priyanka Tripathi, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India
Laura Lazzari, Sasso Corbaro Foundation for the Medical Humanities, Switzerland, and Department of Italian, Georgetown University, USA