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Reproductive Acts (McGill-Queen\u2019s University Press, 2013) Forty years after Roe v. Wade, it is evident that the ideologies of “choices” and “rights,” which have publicly framed reproductive politics in North America since the landmark legal decision, have been inadequate in making sense of the topic’s complexities. In Reproductive Acts<\/em>, Heather Latimer investigates what contemporary fiction and film can tell us about the divisive nature of these politics, and demonstrates how fictional representations of reproduction allow for readings of reproductive politics that are critical of the terms of the debate itself.<\/p>\n In an innovative argument about the power of fiction to engage and shape politics, Latimer analyzes works by authors such as Margaret Atwood, Kathy Acker, Toni Morrison, Larissa Lai, and director Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n, among others, to claim that the unease surrounding reproduction, particularly the abortion debate, has increased both inside and outside the US over the last forty years. Fictional representation, Latimer argues, reveals reproductive politics to be deeply connected to cultural anxieties about gender, race, citizenship, and sexuality – anxieties that cannot be contained under the rules of individual rights or choices.<\/p>\n Striking a balance between fictional, historical, and political analysis, Reproductive Acts<\/em> makes a compelling argument for the vital role narrative plays in how we make sense of North American reproductive politics.<\/p>\n (Description Source: McGill-Queen\u2019s University Press<\/a>)<\/p>\n Heather Latimer <\/strong>is an assistant professor in Gender and Women\u2019s Studies at UBC Okanagan, on Syilx Okanagan territory, where she teaches undergraduate classes on reproductive politics, feminist epistemologies, and critical sexuality studies. She also supervises graduate students interested in reproduction, health humanities, fiction and film, or science and technology studies. She received a PhD in English from Simon Fraser University.<\/p>\n In general, her research aims to understand and explain the history of reproductive politics by studying representations of reproduction, mostly in science fiction and film. UBC Library Holdings<\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/bdzbstv2<\/a><\/p>\n From the Publisher \u2013 McGill-Queen\u2019s University Press<\/a> Paper ISBN: 9780773541580 The\u00a0University of British Columbia Okanagan Classroom Artwork Project<\/em>\u00a0aims to display academically inspiring artwork in classrooms and other teaching areas of the university.<\/p>\n Artwork displayed as part of this project \u2013 including the covers of books and journals containing work written or edited by UBCO scholars and researchers \u2013 is intended to help enliven university teaching spaces, educate classroom users about the connections between research and teaching, and introduce members of the broader public to some of the research and scholarship carried out at UBCO.<\/p>\n
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