- New Arrivals
Fiction- Historical FictionCrime & ThrillersMysteryScience-FictionFantasyPoetryRomanceChildren’s BooksYoung Adult
- Biographies & MemoirsHistoryCurrent AffairsTech & ScienceBusinessSelf-DevelopmentTravelThe ArtsFood & WineReligion & SpiritualitySportsHumor
Children’s BooksListsGift CardsWhat To ReadMy ListsGames- About & Help
- About Tertulia
- Membership & Co-Ownership
- Shipping & Delivery
- Orders & Payments
- Contact Support
- Send App Feedback
- Follow us
- Download the app
The co-op bookstore for avid readers
Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood: Volume 3
In this important study of the abortion controversy in the United States, Kristin Luker examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict. She draws data from twenty years of public documents and newspaper accounts, as well as over two hundred interviews with both pro-life and pro-choice activists. She argues that moral positions on abortion are intimately tied to views on sexual behavior, the care of children, family life, technology, and the importance of the individual.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publish Date: Aug 4th, 1985
- Pages: 350
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.19in - 5.50in - 0.88in - 0.71lb
- EAN: 9780520055971
- Categories: • General• Abortion & Birth Control• Gender Studies
More books to explore
About the Author
Kristin Luker is Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). She is also the author of Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy (1996) and, with Jean Fox O'Barr, Feminism in Action: Building Institutions and Community through Women's Studies (1994).
More books by Kristin Luker
What people are saying
Amy Fried
@ASFried
2 years
Professor Emerita of Political Science, UMaine. Latest book: "At War with Government: How Conservatives Weaponized Distrust from Goldwater to Trump."
Virtually all you need to know about opposition to legal abortion is in the classic work, “Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood” by Kristin Luker. https://t.co/DwUhDK9dhU
Praise for this book
"One of the most important sociology books of the decade. In addressing crucial public policy issues in an engrossing and accessible manner, she has attracted an attentive audience that extends far beyond academic sociology."--Marion S. Goldman, "American Journal of Sociology"
What people are saying
Amy Fried
@ASFried
2 years
Professor Emerita of Political Science, UMaine. Latest book: "At War with Government: How Conservatives Weaponized Distrust from Goldwater to Trump."
Virtually all you need to know about opposition to legal abortion is in the classic work, “Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood” by Kristin Luker. https://t.co/DwUhDK9dhU