Abortion In The American Imagination: Before Life And Choice, 1880-1940 (The American Literatures Initiative)

Abortion in the American Imagination takes us back to the early twentieth century, when American writers first dared to broach the controversial subject of abortion. Putting authors like Wharton and Faulkner into conversation with the era's films and non-fiction, Karen Weingarten uncovers a vigorous public debate decades before Roe v. Wade. Along the way, she discovers not only how discourses on abortion have changed dramatically, but also how they've shaped our very sense of what it means to be an American.

• | Author: Karen Weingarten
• | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 11, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 204 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0813565308
• | ISBN-13: 9780813565309