- 283 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Abortion in Popular Culture: A Call to Action brings together scholars who examine depictions of abortion in film, television, literature, and social media. By examining texts ranging from classic television series such as Maude and Roseanne and recent films such as Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Unpregnant to dystopian novels and social-media campaigns, the essays analyze narrative styles, rhetorical strategies, and cinematic techniques, all of which shape cultural attitudes toward abortion. They also analyze cultural shifts, including the willingness or reluctance of networks, cable channels, and filmmakers to acknowledge changing trends in reproductive health such as medication abortion and the role that abortion plays in family planning. As a whole, however, the essays argue that popular culture can play a significant role in destigmatizing abortion by including a wider range of narratives and doing so with nuance and empathy. With reproductive rights under attack in the United States, each essay is a call to action for writers, producers, directors, showrunners, authors, and musicians to use their platforms to tell more positive and accurate stories about abortion.
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Yes, you can access Abortion in Popular Culture by Brenda Boudreau,Kelli Maloy in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Film History & Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- There’s No Going Back
- “Is That a Test from the Supermarket?”
- “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor”
- What Post-Roe America Can Learn from the Role of Social Media in the Repeal of Ireland’s Eighth
- Creating Space for Alternative Narratives
- Abortion Politics and the Dystopic Imagination
- Performing Endurance
- “I’m Offended by All the Supposed-To’s”
- “I Gave Her Life”
- Call to Action
- When Stories Are All We Have
- The Abortion Pill and Other Myths
- “Abortion is a Mothering Decision”
- “No Bigger than a Baby Bird”
- Index
- About the Editors and Contributors