Transcending Borders Abortion in the Past and Present
This multidisciplinary volume investigates different abortion and reproductive practices across time, space, geography, national boundaries, and cultures. The authors specialize in the reproductive politics of Australia, Bolivia, Cameroon, France, ‘German
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edited by Shannon Stettner, Katrina Ackerman, Kristin Burnett & Travis Hay
Transcending Borders
Shannon Stettner • Katrina Ackerman • Kristin Burnett • Travis Hay Editors
Transcending Borders Abortion in the Past and Present
Editors Shannon Stettner Department of Women’s Studies University of Waterloo Ontario, Canada
Katrina Ackerman Department of History University of Regina Saskatchewan, Canada
Kristin Burnett Indigenous Learning Department Lakehead University Ontario, Canada
Travis Hay History Department York University Ontario, Canada
ISBN 978-3-319-48398-6 ISBN 978-3-319-48399-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-48399-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017931665 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Findlay / Alamy Stock Photo Design by Jenny Vong Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
1 “Every Body Has Its Own Feminism”: Introducing Transcending Borders 1 Katrina Ackerman, Kristin Burnett, Travis Hay, and Shannon Stettner
Part I Historical Examinations of Abortion 17 2 Abortion, Infanticide, and a Return to the Gods: Politics of Pregnancy in Early Modern Japan 19 Eiko Saeki 3 Unlocking the Mysterious Trunk: Nineteenth-Century American Criminal Abortion Narratives 35 Tanfer Emin Tunç 4 “Impossible to Get to Know These Secret Means”—Colonial Anxiety and the Quest for Controlling Reproduction in “German East Africa” 53 Daniel Bendix
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5 A “Grievously Sinful Attempt to Destroy the Life Which God Has Given:” Abortion, Anglicanism, and Debates About Community Composition in Twentieth-Century Zanzibar
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