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Aimee Armande Wilson - Conceived in Modernism: The Aesthetics and Politics of Birth Control - 9781501333958 - V9781501333958
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Conceived in Modernism: The Aesthetics and Politics of Birth Control

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Description for Conceived in Modernism: The Aesthetics and Politics of Birth Control Paperback. .
Current debates about birth control can be surprisingly volatile, especially given the near-universal use of contraception among American and British women. Conceived in Modernism: The Aesthetics and Politics of Birth Control offers a new perspective on these debates by demonstrating that the political positions surrounding birth control have roots in literary concerns, specifically those of modernist writers. Whereas most scholarship treats modernism and birth control activism as parallel, but ultimately separate, movements, Conceived in Modernism shows that they were deeply intertwined. This book argues not only that literary concerns exerted a lasting influence on the way activists framed the emerging ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781501333958
SKU
V9781501333958
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Aimee Armande Wilson
Aimee Armande Wilson is Assistant Professor of Humanities at University of Kansas, USA, where she specializes in 20th-century literature and feminist theory.

Reviews for Conceived in Modernism: The Aesthetics and Politics of Birth Control
Fiction is a rich ground for considering the questions of birth control and abortion ... [Wilson] make[s] intriguing connections across countries and periods.
Times Literary Supplement
[D]ensely packed with meticulous academic argument ... The book expanded my idea of modernism to include that earlier literature and its very different concerns ... That Wilson resurrects these stories is significant. ... Read more

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