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Book SynopsisHow women's writings brought together female readers to fight for reproductive rights
Trade Review"An original, well written, and important book. Sandra Reineke smoothly incorporates the work of Simone de Beauvoir and others into the context of the times and displays how their writings, including novels and other works of fiction, helped shape a discourse and consciousness around women's bodily agency, the corporeality and utilitarian basis of women's rights, and the bravery yet ambiguity of many women's print outlets."--Laura R. Woliver, author of
The Political Geographies of Pregnancy"An admirably concise and jargon-free discourse analysis of Frenchwomen's writing about reproductive, especially abortion rights."--
Canadian Journal of History"Reineke has brought to the table an interesting concept--the creation of imagined sisterhoods born out of a variety of women's writing."--
H-Net ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction xi 1. The Body, Writing, and Citizenship Rights 1 2. Secondary Citizens 19 3. Citizen Consumers 35 4. Dissident Citizens 54 Conclusion 71 Notes 77 Bibliography 81 Index 99
