| Description |
xiii,162 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / A. Guggenbuhl -- 1. Abortion: A Non-Place -- 2. A Slip in Birth Control? -- 3. Anthropological Reflections -- 4. A Comparison -- 5. The Chronics -- 6. The Goals of an Abortion -- 7. Unconsciously Desired -- 8. Initiation and Maternity -- 9. Initiation and Abortion -- 10. Beyond the Mother: Artemis and Athena -- 11. Killing -- 12. Two Choices -- 13. A Sacrifice -- 14. The Guilt of Becoming an Adult -- 15. An Ulterior Threshold -- 16. Abortion and the Women's Movement -- 17. The Non-Father -- 18. The Escorts |
| Summary |
Publisher description: The debate on abortion has tended to avoid the psychological significance of an unwanted pregnancy, dominated instead by the strong emotions the subject excites. In this book Eva Pattis Zoja examines the thoughts and feelings that surround the decision to end a pregnancy, through the dreams, diary entries and reports of the women themselves. Abortion proposes the controversial thesis that although contraception is so readily available that the occurrence of unwanted pregnancy should become nil, abortion has now become a rite of passage in womanhood. While acknowledging the painful nature of the subject, the author suggests that this decision to abort as a way to development is one beyond the explanation of modern, enlightened rationalism |
| Notes |
"First published by RED, Como, Italy in 1955"--T.p. verso |
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-152) and indexes |
| Subject |
Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Abortion -- Psychological aspects.
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| LC no. |
96052969 |
| ISBN |
0415154065 |
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0415154073 (:(paperback) |
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