Tiny you : a western history of the anti-abortion movement / Jennifer L. Holland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holland, Jennifer L., (author).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pro-life movement--West (U.S.)--Case studies.

Pro-life movement.

Pro-life movement--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 310 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Tiny You tells the story of one of the most successful political movements of the twentieth century: the grassroots campaign against legalized abortion. While Americans have rapidly changed their minds about sex education, pornography, arts funding, gay teachers, and ultimately gay marriage, opposition to legalized abortion has only grown. As other socially conservative movements have lost young activists, the pro-life movement has successfully recruited more young people to their cause. Jennifer L. Holland explores why abortion dominates conservative politics like no other cultural issue. Looking at anti-abortion movements in four western states since the 1960s--turning to the fetal pins passed around church services, the graphic images exchanged between friends, and the fetus dolls given to children in school--she argues that activists made fetal life feel personal to many Americans. Pro-life activists persuaded people to see themselves in the pins, images, and dolls they held in their hands and made the fight against abortion the primary bread-and-butter issue for social conservatives. Holland ultimately demonstrates that the success of the pro-life movement lies in the borrowed logic and emotional power of leftist activism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Rolling across party lines ; Imagining life ; Claiming religion – Part II. Redefining women’s rights ; Politicizing the young ; Making family values.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Holland, Jennifer L., 1981- Tiny you.

ISBN:

9780520968479

0520968476

OCLC:

1128886947