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
Main Author: Capo, Beth Widmaier, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Eugenik
Mutterschaft
Geburtenregelung
Literatur
Race in literature.
Motherhood in literature.
Literature and science.
Eugenics in literature.
Birth control in literature.
American fiction.
Abortion in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Litterature et sciences > États-Unis.
Race dans la litterature.
Eugenisme dans la litterature.
Maternite dans la litterature.
Regulation des naissances dans la litterature.
Avortement dans la litterature.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Medicine in Literature > history
Eugenics > history
Abortion, Induced > history
Contraception > history
Literature and science > United States.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
USA.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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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