The Battle for Birth Control
Exploring the Lasting Consequences of the Movement's Early Rhetoric
Seiten
2023
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4326-1 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4326-1 (ISBN)
The Battle for Birth Control dissects the rhetorical tactics utilized by the movement in its formative years to execute a strategy of political accommodation and traces the reverberations of these tactics in contemporary American discourses surrounding contraception specifically and reproductive politics more generally.
The Battle for Birth Control delves into the complex rhetorical history of the American birth control movement in its formative years. In just four decades, advocates, under the strategic guidance of Margaret Sanger, transitioned the fight for contraception from fringe radical movement to a respectable mainstream cause endorsed by powerful professionals and politicians alike. Eschewing their early ideological commitments to obtain widespread acceptance, birth controllers adopted a strategy of political accommodation characterized by deferential rhetoric and careful posturing. This strategy secured significant victories for the movement but at what cost? Informed by a deep commitment to reproductive justice, The Battle for Birth Control traces the duplicity of the movement’s early rhetoric and argues that their accommodationist strategy yielded increased contraceptive access solely because of their willingness to endorse the neoliberal regime of reproductive control largely responsible for the current threats to reproductive autonomy in the 21st century.
The Battle for Birth Control delves into the complex rhetorical history of the American birth control movement in its formative years. In just four decades, advocates, under the strategic guidance of Margaret Sanger, transitioned the fight for contraception from fringe radical movement to a respectable mainstream cause endorsed by powerful professionals and politicians alike. Eschewing their early ideological commitments to obtain widespread acceptance, birth controllers adopted a strategy of political accommodation characterized by deferential rhetoric and careful posturing. This strategy secured significant victories for the movement but at what cost? Informed by a deep commitment to reproductive justice, The Battle for Birth Control traces the duplicity of the movement’s early rhetoric and argues that their accommodationist strategy yielded increased contraceptive access solely because of their willingness to endorse the neoliberal regime of reproductive control largely responsible for the current threats to reproductive autonomy in the 21st century.
Jessica L. Furgerson is assistant professor in communication at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: The Battle for Leadership
Chapter Two: Save the Mothers
Chapter Three: Think of the Children
Chapter Four: Responsible People, Responsible Parents
Chapter Five: Alliances and Accommodation
Chapter Six: Contraception in the Courts
Chapter Seven: Putting Birth Control on the Agenda
Bibliography
About the Author
Erscheinungsdatum | 27.07.2023 |
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Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 154 x 232 mm |
Gewicht | 558 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
ISBN-10 | 1-7936-4326-1 / 1793643261 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-4326-1 / 9781793643261 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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