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OverviewTiny 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 its 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jennifer L. HollandPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780520295865ISBN 10: 0520295862 Pages: 324 Publication Date: 07 April 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews"""Holland’s work is full of both brand-new insights and sideways confirmation of aspects of the history of reproductive rights that a few experts have previously brought to light. . . . a remarkable study."" * California History * ""Tiny You is now required reading for those seeking to understand the incremental losses of bodily autonomy in a dying democracy."" * Pacific Historical Review *" """Holland’s work is full of both brand-new insights and sideways confirmation of aspects of the history of reproductive rights that a few experts have previously brought to light. . . . a remarkable study."" * California History *" Author InformationJennifer L. Holland is Associate Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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