Abortion in Popular Culture

Abortion in Popular Culture

by Patrick S. AllenCordelia Freeman Jaime Leigh Gray and others
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 04/04/2023

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Abortion in Popular Culture: A Call to Action brings together scholars who examine depictions of abortion in film, television, literature, and social media. By examining texts ranging from classic television series such as Maude and Roseanne and recent films such as Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Unpregnant to dystopian novels and social-media campaigns, the essays analyze narrative styles, rhetorical strategies, and cinematic techniques, all of which shape cultural attitudes toward abortion. They also analyze cultural shifts, including the willingness or reluctance of networks, cable channels, and filmmakers to acknowledge changing trends in reproductive health such as medication abortion and the role that abortion plays in family planning. As a whole, however, the essays argue that popular culture can play a significant role in destigmatizing abortion by including a wider range of narratives and doing so with nuance and empathy. With reproductive rights under attack in the United States, each essay is a call to action for writers, producers, directors, showrunners, authors, and musicians to use their platforms to tell more positive and accurate stories about abortion.

ISBN:
9781666919851
9781666919851
Category:
Popular culture
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
04-04-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Lexington Books

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