
Overview
- Examines abortion from both historical and contemporary perspectives
- Offers a global focus on abortion practices
- Provides insight into how various fields approach the study of abortion and reproductive issues
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Historical Examinations of Abortion
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Abortion Politics
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The Social and Discursive Spaces of Abortion
Reviews
“Exploring historical and contemporary issues in abortion and abortion politics from a range of disciplinary perspectives, Transcending Borders offers new transnational and transformative insights into the study of abortion. For all concerned with global and transnational inequalities, women's rights, and reproductive justice, this diverse and engaging collection will be required reading.” (Lori Chambers, Lakehead University, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Katrina Ackerman is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Kristin Burnett is Associate Professor of Indigenous Learning and Coordinator of the Social Justice Studies graduate program at Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada.
Travis Hay is a doctoral candidate in History at York University, Ontario, Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transcending Borders
Book Subtitle: Abortion in the Past and Present
Editors: Shannon Stettner, Katrina Ackerman, Kristin Burnett, Travis Hay
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48399-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-48398-6Published: 05 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83932-5Published: 20 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-48399-3Published: 27 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 344
Topics: Gender Studies, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Sociology of the Body