Contested Lives - The Abortion Debate in an American Community, Updated Edition

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List of contents

Introduction to the Updated Edition 
Preface                          
Acknowledgments                  

 1 Introduction

Part I: Abortion and the American Body Politic
 2 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-roots
Setting
 4 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 America
    11 La Longue Duree       
    12 Conclusion            

      Epilogue: Pro-Dialogue 
      Appendix: Female Moral Reform
      Movements in America   
      Notes                  
      Bibliography           
      Index      

About the author

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).

Summary

Based on the struggle over a Fargo, North Dakota, abortion clinic, this book explores one of the central social conflicts of the late 20th century. It addresses not simply the abortion issue but also the critical role of women's political activism.

Product details

• Authors: Faye D. Ginsburg, Ginsburg Faye D.
• Assisted by: Faye D. Ginsburg (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1998
• EAN: 9780520217355
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21735-5
• No. of pages: 359
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, United States of America, USA, Ethical issues: abortion & birth control, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Ethical issues: abortion and birth control