{"product_id":"abortion-in-the-american-imagination-before-life-and-choice-18801940-american-literatures-initiative-the-american-literatures-initiative-9780813565309","title":"Abortion in the American Imagination Before Life and Choice 18801940 American Literatures Initiative The American Literatures Initiative","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Weingarten provides a rich analysis of literary representations of abortion and the problem of pitting 'life' against 'choice' that will appeal to scholars of literature, reproductive cultures and politics, and feminists situated across the disciplines.\"— Alys Eve Weinbaum, author of Wayward Reproductions: Genealogies of Race and Nation in Trans-Atlantic Modern Thought\u003cbr\u003e \"In a time when there are daily threats to women’s reproductive rights, Weingarten’s \u003ci\u003eAbortion in the American Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e is prescient and needed, reminding us all to question our discursive assumptions about a notoriously divisive issue.\"— American Studies\u003cbr\u003e \"This absorbing, well-argued book presents a compelling survey of late-19th- and early-20th-century literary and cultural documents that reflected and shaped attitudes toward abortion. Weingarten offers fascinating readings of well-known works...and studies them alongside less-known works...and various films. In addition to providing illuminating close analyses of particular scenes in these works, Weingarten carefully contextualizes contemporary politics. Highly recommended.\"— Choice\u003cbr\u003e \"The lucidity and vibrancy of its major claims make \u003ci\u003eAbortion in the American Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Biopolitics of Abortion as the Century Turns\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Inadvertent Alliance of Anthony Comstock and Margaret Sanger: Choice, Rights, and Freedom in Modern America\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Eugenics of Bad Girls: Abortion, Popular Fiction, and Population Control\u003cbr\u003e 4. Economies of Abortion: Money, Markets, and the Scene of Exchange\u003cbr\u003e 5. Making a Living: Labor, Life, and Abortion Rhetoric\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: 1944 and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index ","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742326522199,"sku":"9780813565309","price":105.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813565309.jpg?v=1758384287","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/abortion-in-the-american-imagination-before-life-and-choice-18801940-american-literatures-initiative-the-american-literatures-initiative-9780813565309","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}