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010 $a 2007016126
020 $a9780814210598 (cloth : alk. paper)
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100 1 $aCapo, Beth Widmaier,$d1973-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007027820
245 10 $aTextual contraception :$bbirth control and modern American fiction /$cBeth Widmaier Capo.
260 $aColumbus :$bOhio State University Press,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $aix, 220 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-212) and index.
505 00 $g1.$t"Lewd and lascivious" literature -- $g2.$t"As red and flaming as possible" : radical rhetoric in the 1910s -- $g3.$t"For married women only" : birth control and modern marriage -- $g4.$t"Conscious makers of people" : achieving a free motherhood -- $g5.$tReading the body, controlling the race : birth control and the eugenic impetus of the 1920s and 1930s -- $g6.$tThe economics of desire and despair : birth control and the Depression era -- $g7.$tConclusion : textual contraception.
520 1 $a"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 technique and reception, supporting new narrative possibilities for female characters beyond marriage and motherhood." "Merging cultural analysis and literary scholarship, this compelling work moves from a consideration of how cultural forces shaped literary production and political activism to a close examination of how fictional representations of contraception influenced the terms of public discourse on marriage, motherhood, economics, and eugenics." "By analyzing popular fiction such as Mother by Kathleen Norris, radical periodicals such as The Masses and Birth Control Review, and literature by authors from Theodore Dreiser to William Faulkner, and Nella Larsen to Mary McCarthy, Beth Widmaier Capo reveals the rich cross-influence of contraceptive and literary history."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100687
650 0 $aAbortion in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93007893
650 0 $aBirth control in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94000691
650 0 $aMotherhood in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97002945
650 0 $aEugenics in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005350
650 0 $aRace in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008443
650 0 $aLiterature and science$zUnited States.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007016126.html
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852 00 $bbar$hPS374.A24$iC37 2007