Resistant Reproductions Pregnancy and Abortion in British Literature and Film |
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| Author:
| Bigman, Fran |
| Series title: | Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-367-41620-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2024 |
| Publisher: | Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $170.00 |
Book Description:
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This book challenges the association of abortion with the radical and pregnancy with the conventional by exploring the reproductive politics of British literature and film from 1907 when abortion was first used as a critical plot point in literature to 1967 when abortion law was liberalized in England, Scotland, and Wales.
This book challenges the association of abortion with the radical and pregnancy with the conventional by exploring the reproductive politics of British literature and film from 1907 when abortion was first used as a critical plot point in literature to 1967 when abortion law was liberalized in England, Scotland, and Wales.