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Contested spaces : abortion clinics, women's shelters and hospitals : politicizing the female body / Lori A. Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Lori A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture and women--North America.
- Architecture and women.
- Architecture--Psychological aspects--North America.
- Architecture.
- Abortion services--North America.
- Abortion services.
- Health services accessibility--North America.
- Health services accessibility.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines the relationship between space, defined physically, legally and legislatively, and how these factors directly impact the spaces of abortion. It analyses how various political entities shape the physical landscapes of inclusion and exclusion to reproductive healthcare access, and questions what architecture's responsibilities are in respect to this spatial conflict.Employing writing, drawing and mapping methodologies, this interdisciplinary project explores restrictions and legislatures which directly influence abortion policy in the US, Mexico and Canada. It questions how th
- Contents:
- Social and spatial practices
- Legal frameworks understood spatially
- Case studies
- Landscapes of access: US, Canada and Mexico.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-317-16033-9
- 1-315-57400-4
- 1-317-16032-0
- 1-4094-3742-6
- 9781315574004
- OCLC:
- 841810124
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