Contested Lives

The Abortion Debate in an American Community, Updated edition

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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Beskrivning

Based on the struggle over a Fargo, North Dakota, abortion clinic, Contested Lives explores one of the central social conflicts of our time. Both wide-ranging and rich in detail, it speaks not simply to the abortion issue but also to the critical role of women's political activism. A new introduction addresses the events of the last decade, which saw the emergence of Operation Rescue and a shift toward more violent, even deadly, forms of anti-abortion protest. Responses to this trend included government legislation, a decline in clinics and doctors offering abortion services, and also the formation of Common Ground, an alliance bringing together activists from both sides to address shared concerns. Ginsburg shows that what may have seemed an ephemeral artifact of "Midwestern feminism" of the 1980s actually foreshadowed unprecedented possibilities for reconciliation in one of the most entrenched conflicts of our times.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1998-09-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:359
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520217355

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Faye D. Ginsburg is Professor of Anthropology at New York University, where she also directs the Center for Media, Culture, and History. Her other works include (with Rayna Rapp) Conceiving the New World Order: The Global Politics of Reproduction (California, 1995).

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction to the Updated Edition Preface Acknowledgments 1 IntroductionPart I: Abortion and the American Body Politic2 From the Physicians' Campaign to Roe v. Wade 3 The Rise of the Right-to-Life Movement Part II: The Abortion Controversy in a Grass-rootsSetting4 The First Phase of Conflict 5 The Clinic Conflict 6 Interpretive Battlegrounds 7 Angles of Incidence, Angles of Reflection Part III: "Procreation Stories"8 Interpreting Life Stories 9 The Pro-Choice Narratives 10 The Pro-Life Narratives Part IV: Reconstructing Gender in America11 La Longue Duree 12 Conclusion Epilogue: Pro-Dialogue Appendix: Female Moral ReformMovements in America Notes Bibliography Index