Roe V. Wade - 50th Years After

"As an installment of UGA Press's 'History in the Headlines' series, this book offers a rich discussion between highly respected scholars on the historical backdrop and context for contemporary "issues" (from the headlines). In addition to the historical context, these "conversations" demonstrate how historians speak to one another about contentious topics and can contribute in meaningful ways to the public's understanding. This volume focuses on the historical perspective to discussions of abortion and women's rights in the aftermath of the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe V. Wade"--

Über den Autor / die Autorin

DEIRDRE COOPER OWENS is an associate professor at the University of Connecticut and a former director of the Program in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia. She is the author of the prize-winning Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology (UGA, 2017).

Zusammenfassung

On June 24, 2022, Roe v. Wade was shockingly reversed by the Supreme Court. What happened? What transpired socially, politically, legally, in religious institutions and in popular culture in the half-century when "the right to choose" led to this stunning transformation in American society?

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Catherine Clinton, Catherine (EDT)/ Barnes Clinton, Deirdre Cooper Owens, Alicia Gutierrez-Romine, Alicia (Associate Professor of U.S. History) Gutierrez-Romine, Fiona De Londras, Fiona de (Chair of Global Legal Studies) Londras, Johanna Schoen, Johanna (Professor of History) Schoen, Salamishah Tillet, Salamishah (Henry Rutgers Professor of African American and African Studies and Creative Writing) Tillet, Karin Wulf, Karin (Beatrice and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Director and Librarian and Professor of History) Wulf
• Mitarbeit: Rhae Lynn Barnes (Herausgeber), Catherine Clinton (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: The University of Georgia Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.08.2024
• EAN: 9780820365671
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-6567-1
• Seiten: 241
• Serie: History in the Headlines
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht