Textual contraception : birth control and modern American fiction /

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"Between the 1910s and 1940s, American women fought for and won the right to legal birth control. This battle was fought in the courts, in the media, and in the pages of American literature. Textual Contraception: Birth Control and Modern American Fiction examines the relationship between aesth...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Capo, Beth Widmaier, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Abortion in literature.
Birth control in literature.
Motherhood in literature.
Eugenics in literature.
Race in literature.
Literature and science > United States.
Contraception > history
Abortion, Induced > history
Eugenics > history
Medicine in Literature > history
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Avortement dans la littérature.
Régulation des naissances dans la littérature.
Maternité dans la littérature.
Eugénisme dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
Littérature et sciences > États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Abortion in literature
American fiction
Birth control in literature
Eugenics in literature
Literature and science
Motherhood in literature
Race in literature
Literatur
Geburtenregelung
Mutterschaft
Eugenik
United States
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Lewd and lascivious" literature
  • "As red and flaming as possible": radical rhetoric of the 1910s
  • "For married women only": birth control and modern marriage
  • "Conscious makers of people": achieving a free motherhood
  • Reading the body, controlling the race: birth control and the eugenic impetus of the 1920s and 1930s
  • The economics of desire and despair: birth control and the depression era
  • Conclusion: textual contraception.

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