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Andrea L. Press and Elizabeth R. Cole

Speaking of Abortion

Television and Authority in the Lives of Women

224 pages, 3 tables  6 x 9  © 1999
Series: Morality and Society Series

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
Subjects



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