Speaking of Abortion
Television and Authority in the Lives of Women
Cloth $30.00
ISBN: 9780226680316
Published April 1999
Paper $16.00
ISBN: 9780226680323
Published January 2001
Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Speaking of Abortion 2. The Classed Discourse of Abortion on Prime-Time Television 3. Reconciling Faith and Fact The Pro-Life Perspective 4. Situating Self and Social Authority Working-Class Pro-Choice Positions 5. The Shifting Context of Justification for Choice Among the Middle Class 6. Another American Dilemma Locating Abortion on the Political Landscape Appendix A: The Ethnographic Focus Group Appendix B: Characteristics of the Groups Notes References Index
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