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"Between the 1910s and 1940s, American women fought for and won the right to legal birth control. This battle was fought in the courts, in the media, and in the pages of American literature. Textual Contraception: Birth Control and Modern American Fiction examines the relationship between aesthetic production and political activism in the birth control movement. It concludes that, by dramatically bringing to life the rhetorical issues, fiction played a significant role in shaping public consciousness. Concurrently, the potential for female control inherent in contraception influenced literary…
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3 editions- Hardcover · English · 2007Ohio State University Press · 220 pages · 9780814210598
- Other · English · 2021Ohio State University Press · 9780814257135
- Other · English · 2007Ohio State University Press · 9780814291399
MutterschaftBirth control in literatureLiteraturMedicine in LiteratureEugenikAbortion in literatureAmerican fictionEugenics