Introduction to Roundtable Discussion: Nora Jaffary’s Reproduction and Its Discontents in Mexico

Abstract

The following is a brief introduction to the papers that accompanied the roundtable discussion for the Ferguson Prize Winner. The recipient in 2018 was Nora Jaffary’s Reproduction and its Discontents in Mexico: Childbirth and Contraception from 1750 to 1905.

Résumé

Il s’agit d’une brève introduction aux communications qui ont accompagné les discussions des participants à la table ronde chargée de décerner le Prix Ferguson. En 2018, la récipiendaire fut Nora Jaffary pour son ouvrage Reproduction and its Discontents in Mexico: Childbirth and Contraception from 1750 to 1905.