Decoding abortion rhetoric: communicating social change

Preface: The politics of abortion study. -- The social force of rhetoric. -- The story of illegal abortion: rhetoric and narrative, 1960-65. -- The pro-life heritage tale: rhetoric and history, 1965-81. -- Life, equality, and choice: rhetoric and values, 1965-72. -- Constructing visions of the fetus...

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Main Author: Condit, Celeste Michelle 1956- (Author)
Contributors: Condit, Celeste M. (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana [u.a.] Univ. of Illinois Press 1990
In:Year: 1990
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
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Keywords:
Abortion > Moral and ethical aspects
English language > Rhetoric > United States
Pro-choice movement > United States
Pro-life movement > United States
Aufsatzsammlung
USA > Schwangerschaftsabbruch > Aufsatzsammlung
USA > Schwangerschaftsabbruch
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Summary:Preface: The politics of abortion study. -- The social force of rhetoric. -- The story of illegal abortion: rhetoric and narrative, 1960-65. -- The pro-life heritage tale: rhetoric and history, 1965-81. -- Life, equality, and choice: rhetoric and values, 1965-72. -- Constructing visions of the fetus and freedom: rhetoric and image. -- Enacting "choice": public rhetoric and the law, 1973-85. -- Prime-time abortion: rhetoric and public culture, 1973-85. -- Mass compromise and minority violence: rhetoric and ideology, 1978-85. -- Public rhetoric and private lives. -- Afterword: The social force of rhetoric. -- Appendix A: A "right to life?" -- Appendix B: Anonymous letter claiming responsibility for Pensacola clinic bombings. -- Appendix C: Methodological issues from Chapter 9
Item Description:Includes index
Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:XV, 236 S graph. Darst.
ISBN:0252016475