Textual Contraception Birth Control and Modern American Fiction / Beth Widmaier Capo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capo, Beth Widmaier, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature and science--United States.

Literature and science.

Race in literature.

Eugenics in literature.

Motherhood in literature.

Birth control in literature.

Abortion in literature.

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 220 p.) : ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2007.

Contents:

"Lewd and lascivious" literature

"As red and flaming as possible": radical rhetoric of the 1910s

"For married women only": birth control and modern marriage

"Conscious makers of people": achieving a free motherhood

Reading the body, controlling the race: birth control and the eugenic impetus of the 1920s and 1930s

The economics of desire and despair: birth control and the depression era

Conclusion: textual contraception.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"50th, 1957-2007, Ohio State", on cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-212) and index.

OCLC:

1228476224

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access