Contested Lives - The Abortion Debate in an American Community (Paper)

1. Auflage, With a new introduction 1998
ISBN: 978-0-520-21735-5
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 359 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ginsburg, Faye D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Abtreibung, Geburtenkontrolle: Soziale & Ethische Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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).