The Battle to Control Female Fertility in Modern Ireland - Couverture souple

Daly, Mary E.

 
9781009314879: The Battle to Control Female Fertility in Modern Ireland
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ISBN 10 : 1009314874 ISBN 13 : 9781009314879
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2023

Synopsis

The Irish battle for legal contraception was a contest over Irish exceptionalism: the belief that Ireland could resist global trends despite the impact of second-wave feminism, falling fertility, and a growing number of women travelling for abortion. It became so lengthy and so divisive because it challenged key tenets of Irish identity: Catholicism, large families, traditional gender roles, and sexual puritanism. The Catholic Church argued that legalising contraception would destroy this way of life, and many citizens agreed. The Battle to Control Female Fertility in Modern Ireland provides new insights on Irish masculinity and fertility control. It highlights women's activism in both liberal and conservative camps, and the consensus between the Catholic and Protestant churches views on contraception for single people. It also shows how contraception and the Pro-Life Amendment campaign affected policy towards Northern Ireland, and it examines the role of health professionals, showing how hospital governance prevented female sterilisation. It is a story of gender, religion, social change, and failing efforts to reaffirm Irish moral exceptionalism.

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À propos de l'auteur

Mary E. Daly is Professor Emerita in Modern Irish History, University College Dublin. She is the author of ten books and co-author of eight edited volumes, including Sixties Ireland: Reshaping the Economy, State and Society, 1957-1973 (Cambridge, 2016) and, with Eugenio F. Biagini, The Cambridge Social History of Modern Ireland (2017). She was the first woman to serve as President of the Royal Irish Academy (2014-17) and was awarded a Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal in the Humanities in 2020.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1009314874
ISBN 13 
9781009314879
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
348
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ISBN 10 :  1009314890 ISBN 13 :  9781009314893
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2023
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