Transcending borders : abortion in the past and present /: abortion in the past and present. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Shannon Stettner, Katrina Ackerman, Kristin Burnett, Travis Hay, editors.
• Editors: Stettner, Shannon; Ackerman, Katrina; Burnett, Kristin; Hay, Travis
• Contents: 1. 'Every body has its own feminism': Introducing Transcending Borders -- 2. Abortion, Infanticide and a Return to the Gods: Politics of Pregnancy in Early Modern Japan -- 3. Unlocking the Mysterious Trunk: Nineteenth-Century American Criminal Abortion Narratives -- 4. 'Impossible to get to know these secret means' -- Colonial anxiety and the quest for controlling reproduction in 'German East Africa' -- 5. A 'grievously sinful attempt to destroy the life which God has given': Abortion, Anglicanism, and Debates about Community Composition in Twentieth-Century Zanzibar -- 6. Troubled Women: Abortion and Psychiatry in Sweden in the 1940s and 1950s -- 7. 'It is not your personal concern': Challenging Expertise in the Campaign to Legalize Abortion in France -- 8. Feminism, Foetocentrism and the Politics of Abortion Choice in 1970s Australia -- 9. We're All Feminists Now: How to Pass an Anti-Abortion Policy in Australia -- 10. A Provider's Right to Choose: A Legal History -- 11. Abortion Politics in a State in Transition: Contesting South Africa's 'Choice Act' -- 12. Quiet Contestations of Irish Abortion Law: Abortion Politics in Flux? -- 13. The Landscape of Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion in Highland Bolivia, 1982-2010 -- 14. Settler Colonialism, Native American Motherhood, and the Politics of Terminating Pregnancies -- 15. Revelation and Secrecy: Women's Social Networks and the Contraception-Abortion Process in Cameroon -- 16. The End of Feminist Abortion Counseling?: Examining Threats to Women's Health -- 17. True Threats: Wanted Posters, Stalking, and the First Amendment.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages)
• Subjects: 363.46; Abortion; Reproductive health; Human rights; International cooperation; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Abortion; Human rights; International cooperation; Reproductive health; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319483993; 3319483994
• Related ISBNs: 9783319483986; 3319483986
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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