Silenced encounters: an affective history of accessing abortion in Alberta, 1969-1988

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dc.contributor.authorIngram, Shannon La Ree
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorWilliams, Carol
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-17T22:32:21Z
dc.date.available2020-09-17T22:32:21Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is an affective history of abortion as told through the memories from four individuals; two retired medical practitioners who sat on Therapeutic Abortion Committees (TACs) and two women who accessed abortion services in Alberta between 1969 and 1988. Further, my analysis of access to abortion focuses not only on the convoluted history of reproductive services in Alberta but also draws attention to the communities of affect that circulate between individual agents such as between the medical practitioner and the patient, the narrator and the interviewer, and also the dialogue that often ensues in casual encounters where the topic of abortion is discussed. Through focusing on the complex emotions that circulate within the four oral histories of abortion, I aim to challenge the binary of either grief or relief that is often equated to narratives of abortion.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5767
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0334en_US
dc.proquest.subject0630en_US
dc.proquest.subject0733en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Department of Historyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectCanadian historyen_US
dc.subjectsouthern Albertaen_US
dc.subjectabortionen_US
dc.subjectoral historyen_US
dc.subjectgender studiesen_US
dc.subjecthistory of medicineen_US
dc.subjectpublic policyen_US
dc.subjectaffect theoryen_US
dc.subjectAbortion -- Alberta -- History -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subjectAbortion -- Government policy -- Alberta -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subjectAbortion -- Political aspects -- Alberta -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subjectAbortion, Therapeutic -- Albertaen_US
dc.subjectWomen's health services -- Albertaen_US
dc.subjectReproductive rights -- Alberta -- History -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subjectAbortion services -- Government policy -- Alberta -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subjectAbortion services -- Alberta -- History -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleSilenced encounters: an affective history of accessing abortion in Alberta, 1969-1988en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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