Abortion in International Popular Culture: The Decision Heard Round the World: Lena R. Hann: Lexington Books

Abortion in International Popular Culture

The Decision Heard Round the World

Abortion in International Popular Culture

The Decision Heard Round the World

Description

In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, Abortion in International Popular Culture: The Decision Heard Round the World examines representations of abortion and reproductive justice across a wide range of popular culture artifacts, literary texts, and activist movements across the world. Contributors analyze examples from Chile, Italy, Malta, Sweden, Canada, France, the U.K., Argentina, Ireland, and Poland to consider the relationships between art and public policy, the impact of American policy on global policy and pro-choice movements, and the transnational influence of cultural representations of abortion.

Part I: Abortion Information Is Power

Chapter 1
“I Had No Idea About How Abortions Work”: Unveiling the Unknowns of Swedish Abortion Experiences in Julia Hansen’s Two Lines = Pregnant
Lena R. Hann and Saniya Lee Ghanoui

Chapter 2
Italian Graphic Novels on Abortion: A Traumatic Choice or a Social Right?
Dalila Forni

Chapter 3
Fiction is a Public Arena: Abortion Scenes in Novels from Argentina and Chile (2007–2020)
María Julia Rossi

Part II: Breaking the Silence and Destigmatizing Abortion

Chapter 4
Therapeutic Abortion Narratives in Contemporary Italy: A Mothering, Feminist, and Political Choice
Veronica Frigeni

Chapter 5
What We Talk About When We (Don’t) Talk About Abortion: Breaking Silence and Stigma in Irish Abortion Narratives
Kelli Maloy

Chapter 6
Kerchiefs, Hashtags, and Film: The Role of Popular Culture in Argentina’s Abortion Rights Movement
Lesley Ann Foster

Chapter 7
Abortion is OK. Polish Digital Feminism: From Pro-Choice Advocacy to Pro-Abortion Activism
Dagmara Rode

Part III: The Past, Present, and Future of Reproductive Justice

Chapter 8
The Missed Periods of Period Drama: Abortion, Law, and the Uses of the Past in L’Événement (Happening) and Vera Drake
Melissa Oliver-Powell

Chapter 9
Time, Narrative, Abortion: Revisiting Juno and Parsley Days
Michele Byers

Chapter 10: Staging the Truth: Verbatim Theatre and Abortion Testimonies from Malta and Britain
Jaime Leigh Gray

Product details

Published	Jan 15 2025
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	320
ISBN	9781666953213
Imprint	Lexington Books
Dimensions	229 x 152 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Brenda Boudreau

Anthology Editor

Kelli Maloy

Contributor

Lena R. Hann

Contributor

Saniya Lee Ghanoui

Contributor

Dalila Forni

Contributor

María Julia Rossi

Contributor

Veronica Frigeni

Contributor

Kelli Maloy

Contributor

Lesley Ann Foster

Contributor

Dagmara Rode

Contributor

Melissa Oliver-Powell

Contributor

Michele Byers

Contributor

Jaime Leigh Gray

Timely and powerful, Abortion in International Popular Culture explores abortion in mediums as diverse as graphic novels, novels, autobiography, feminist symbols, discursive activism, film, and theatre. Following on from their previous edited collection, this time the authors travel across contexts including Italy, Ireland, Argentina, Chile, Malta, and Poland to illustrate the power of popular culture to share abortion information, challenge abortion stigma, and fight for reproductive justice. A rich and engaging read, this book will be of interest to media and popular culture scholars as much as those interested in abortion and reproduction more broadly.

Cordelia Freeman, University of Exeter
This collection of essays manages to offer enduring analyses of a (sadly) very acute issue. Without losing academic depth and rigor, it is an important and convincing advocacy work not only for abortion rights but also popular culture and its ability to de-marginalize reproductive choices.

Cornelia Klecker, University of Innsbruck