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Gender and Sociology Ser.: Embodying Irish Abortion Reform : Bodies, Emotions, and Feminist Activism by Aideen O'Shaughnessy (2024, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBristol University Press
ISBN-101529236436
ISBN-139781529236439
eBay Product ID (ePID)12070919201
Product Key Features
Number of Pages184 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEmbodying Irish Abortion Reform : Bodies, Emotions, and Feminist Activism
Publication Year2024
SubjectSociology / General, Abortion & Birth Control, Women's Studies
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science
AuthorAideen O'shaughnessy
SeriesGender and Sociology Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.5 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.4 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"Aideen O'Shaughnessy's research on abortion politics in Ireland is insightful and timely. This important book will surely find resonance in other parts of the world where activists are fighting for legal, safe and accessible abortion. The author's attention to the embodied and emotional dimensions of abortion politics illuminates both activist experiences as well as the negative impacts of restrictive abortion laws. Through rich empirical analyses and original concepts, such as 'abortion work' and 'gestural dress', the book throws into relief the injustices associated with abortion bans and the power of embodied activism to change culture, society, and the law." Barbara Sutton, SUNY Albany "A crucial analysis of Ireland's Repeal movement. Building on a rich testimonial and academic heritage, O'Shaughnessy offers new framings of the most influential Irish social movement in decades." Máiréad Enright, University of Birmingham
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal362.19888
Table Of Content1. Introduction 2. Living Under the 8th: the Gendered Burden of 'Abortion Work' 3. Tracing the 'Embodied Infrastructure' of the Movement to Repeal the 8th Amendment. 4. On the Physicality of Protest: The Politics of Revelation 5. Embodying Respectability: The Politics of Concealment 6. Changed Bodies? Life After Repeal 7. Conclusion
SynopsisOffering a unique perspective, this book explores the lived, embodied and affective experiences of reproductive rights activists living under, and mobilizing against, Ireland's constitutional abortion ban. Through qualitative research and in-depth interviews with activists, the author exposes the subtle influence of the 8th Amendment on Irish women and their (reproductive) bodies, whether or not they have ever attempted to access a clandestine abortion. It explains how the everyday embodied practices, bodily labours and affective experiences of women and gestating people were shaped by the 8th amendment and through the need to 'prepare' for crisis pregnancies. In addition, it reveals the integral role of women's bodies and emotions in changing the political and social landscape in Ireland, through the historical transformation of the country's abortion laws., Embodying Irish Abortion Reform has been shortlisted for the 2025 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize. Offering a unique perspective, this book explores the lived, embodied and affective experiences of reproductive rights activists living under, and mobilizing against, Ireland's constitutional abortion ban. Through qualitative research and in-depth interviews with activists, the author exposes the subtle influence of the 8th Amendment on Irish women and their (reproductive) bodies, whether or not they have ever attempted to access a clandestine abortion. It explains how the everyday embodied practices, bodily labours and affective experiences of women and gestating people were shaped by the 8th amendment and through the need to 'prepare' for crisis pregnancies. In addition, it reveals the integral role of women's bodies and emotions in changing the political and social landscape in Ireland, through the historical transformation of the country's abortion laws.
LC Classification NumberHQ767.O8 2024
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