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Abortion in the American imagination : before life and choice, 1880-1940 /

"Abortion is one of the most contentious issues in contemporary American politics, yet since Roe v. Wade the terms of the debate have remained fairly static. The early decades of the twentieth century, however, saw the emergence of a new rhetoric surrounding abortion and a proliferation of nove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weingarten, Karen, 1980- (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: American Literatures Initiative
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Colección:American Literatures Initiative.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Biopolitics of Abortion as the Century Turns
  • 2. The Inadvertent Alliance of Anthony Comstockand Margaret Sanger
  • 3. The Eugenics of Bad Girls
  • 4. Economies of Abortion
  • 5. Making a Living
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index.