Description
| Product ID: | 9781501333958 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Conceived in Modernism |
| Subtitle: | The Aesthetics and Politics of Birth Control |
| Authors: | Author: Dr. Aimee Armande Wilson |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, Birth control, contraception, family planning, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Gender studies: women, Birth control, contraception, family planning, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Current debates about birth control can be surprisingly volatile, especially given the near-universal use of contraception among American and British women. Conceived in Modernism: The Aesthetics and Politics of Birth Control offers a new perspective on these debates by demonstrating that the political positions surrounding birth control have roots in literary concerns, specifically those of modernist writers. Whereas most scholarship treats modernism and birth control activism as parallel, but ultimately separate, movements, Conceived in Modernism shows that they were deeply intertwined. This book argues not only that literary concerns exerted a lasting influence on the way activists framed the emerging politics of contraception, but that birth control activism helped shape some of modernism’s most innovative concepts. By revealing the presence of literary aesthetics in the discourse surrounding birth control, Conceived in Modernism helps us see this discourse as a variable facet rather than a permanent bulwark of reproductive rights debates. Current debates about birth control can be surprisingly volatile, especially given the near-universal use of contraception among American and British women. Conceived in Modernism: The Aesthetics and Politics of Birth Control offers a new perspective on these debates by demonstrating that the political positions surrounding birth control have roots in literary concerns, specifically those of modernist writers. Whereas most scholarship treats modernism and birth control activism as parallel, but ultimately separate, movements, Conceived in Modernism shows that they were deeply intertwined. This book argues not only that literary concerns exerted a lasting influence on the way activists framed the emerging politics of contraception, but that birth control activism helped shape some of modernism’s most innovative concepts. By revealing the presence of literary aesthetics in the discourse surrounding birth control, Conceived in Modernism helps us see this discourse as a variable facet rather than a permanent bulwark of reproductive rights debates. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic USA |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-06-29 |
