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Abortion in the American Imagination
Karen Weingarten
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Description for Abortion in the American Imagination
paperback. Series: The American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
The public debate on abortion stretches back much further than Roe v. Wade, to long before the terms “pro-choice” and “pro-life” were ever invented. Yet the ways Americans discussed abortion in the early decades of the twentieth century had little in common with our now-entrenched debates about personal responsibility and individual autonomy.
Abortion in the American Imagination returns to the moment when American writers first dared to broach the controversial subject of abortion. What was once a topic avoided by polite society, only discussed in vague euphemisms behind closed doors, suddenly became open to vigorous public debate as it ... Read more
The public debate on abortion stretches back much further than Roe v. Wade, to long before the terms “pro-choice” and “pro-life” were ever invented. Yet the ways Americans discussed abortion in the early decades of the twentieth century had little in common with our now-entrenched debates about personal responsibility and individual autonomy.
Abortion in the American Imagination returns to the moment when American writers first dared to broach the controversial subject of abortion. What was once a topic avoided by polite society, only discussed in vague euphemisms behind closed doors, suddenly became open to vigorous public debate as it ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
The American Literatures Initiative
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813565293
SKU
V9780813565293
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About Karen Weingarten
KAREN WEINGARTEN is an assistant professor of English at Queens College, City University of New York.
Reviews for Abortion in the American Imagination
"The lucidity and vibrancy of its major claims make Abortion in the American Imagination a first-rate book. Weingarten provides a fascinating reconception of modernist and contemporary battles with abortion and offers a huge contribution to this critical topic."
Dale M. Bauer
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Weingarten provides a rich analysis of literary representations of abortion and the ... Read more
Dale M. Bauer
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Weingarten provides a rich analysis of literary representations of abortion and the ... Read more