Abortive Avoidance: The Victorian Medical Profession, Reproductive Rights, and Obscenity.
The article discusses how 19th century Victorian literature explored the topic of abortion and reproductive rights. Topics discussed include the portrayal of taboo subjects such as incest and rape in some Victorian pornographic texts, writer Walter de la Mare's use of a Gothic lens to criticize the...
| Published in: | Women's Studies Vol. 53; no. 8; pp. 1010 - 1031 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2024
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