Embodying Irish Abortion Reform

Bodies, Emotions, and Feminist Activism

von Aideen O'Shaughnessy

184 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Embodying Irish Abortion Reform has been shortlisted for the 2025 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize. Offering a unique perspective, this book explores the lived, embodied and affective experiences of reproductive rights activists living under, and mobilizing against, Ireland's constitutional abortion ban. Through qualitative research and in-depth interviews with activists, the author exposes the subtle influence of the 8th Amendment on Irish women and their (reproductive) bodies, whether or not they have ever attempted to access a clandestine abortion. It explains how the everyday embodied practices, bodily labours and affective experiences of women and gestating people were shaped by the 8th amendment and through the need to 'prepare' for crisis pregnancies. In addition, it reveals the integral role of women's bodies and emotions in changing the political and social landscape in Ireland, through the historical transformation of the country's abortion laws.

• Reihe: Gender and Sociology
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Soziale und ethische Themen Ethische Fragen, Themen und Debatten Reproduktive Ethik
• ISBN: 9781529236439
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.08.2024
• Größe: 238 x 165 mm
• Verlag: Bristol University Press