Laura Kelly (University of Strathclyde)

Contraception and Modern Ireland

A Social History, C. 1922-92

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Produktbeschreibung

The first comprehensive history of contraception in Ireland from the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 to the 1990s. Drawing on oral history and archival sources, Laura Kelly provides insights into the lived experiences of Irish men and women and activists in this period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781108969772
• ISBN-10: 1108969771
• Artikelnr.: 65690826

Autorenporträt

Laura Kelly is a Senior Lecturer in the History of Health and Medicine at the University of Strathclyde and Co-Director of the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare (CSHHH).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Access to contraception and family planning information in Ireland from the 1920s to the 1950s
2. Sexual knowledge and morality from the 1940s to the 1970s
3. Birth control practices and attitudes to contraception in the 1960s and 1970s
4. The pill, women's agency and doctor-patient relationships in the 1960s and 1970s
5. The Catholic Church, 'sympathetic' priests and religious influences on family planning after Humane Vitae
6. Family planning clinics and activism in the 1970s
7. Feminist campaigns for free, safe and legal contraception in the 1970s
8. Campaigns against contraception in 1970s and 1980s Ireland
9. Family planning after the Family Planning Act: access to contraception in 1980s and 1990s Ireland
Conclusion
Appendix.