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Author:   Kath Browne (University College, Dublin, Ireland) ,  Sydney Calkin
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Zed Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.40cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 21.40cm
Weight:   0.340kg
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9781786997180

ISBN 10:   1786997185
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   15 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Sydney Calkin and Kath Browne Part I: The Politics of Repeal 1. The 2018 abortion referendum: over before it began! Theresa Reidy 2. Explaining repeal: a long-term view, Linda Connolly 3. “The only lawyer on the panel”: anti-choice lawfare in the battle for abortion law reform, Fiona de Londras and Máiréad Enright 4. Abortion pills in Ireland and beyond: what can the 8th Amendment referendum tell us about the future of self-managed abortion? Sydney Calkin 5. Of trust and mistrust: the politics of repeal, Elzbieta Drazkiewicz-Grodzicka and Máire Ní Mhórdha Part II: Campaigns and Campaigning 6. “Enough judgement”: reflections on campaigning for repeal in rural Ireland, Mary McGill 7. Campaigning for choice: canvassing as feminist pedagogy in Dublin Bay North, Niamh McDonald, Kate Antosik-Parsons, Karen E. Till, Jack Callan and Gerry Kearns 8. #Tá: pro-choice activism in the Irish language community, Lisa Nic an Bhreithimh 9. Maser’s ‘Repeal the 8th’ mural: the power of public art in the age of social media, Lorna O’Hara 10. Repealing a ‘legacy of shame’: press coverage of emotional geographies of secrecy and shame in Ireland’s abortion debate, Eric Olund Part III: Futures: Ireland and Beyond 11. Placing the Catholic Church: the moral landscape of repealing the 8th, Richard Scriven 12. Losing Ireland: heteroactivist responses to the 8th Amendment in Canada and the UK, Kath Browne and Catherine Jean Nash 13. The primacy of place: in vitro ‘unborn’ and the 8th Amendment, Noëlle Cotter 14. Northern Ireland after repealing the 8th: democratic challenges, Lisa Smyth 15. Reflections after the Irish referendum: abortion, the Catholic Church and pro-choice mobilization in Poland, Dorota Szelewa

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`In an impressive collection of cross-disciplinary essays, After Repeal tackles the fraught history of abortion in Ireland and offers valuable, engrossing and often challenging analyses of the battle for the right to choose leading to the landslide victory for repeal of the 8th Amendment in 2018.' Ailbhe Smyth, Together for Yes 'After Repeal is an enlightening, interdisciplinary engagement with the context and outcome of the abortion referendum. Its chapters offer well-researched insights that will be of interest to a global audience of academics and activists.' Pam Lowe, Aston University `An extremely valuable resource for new students and established scholars of abortion politics alike. With a compelling combination of activist and academic voices, it drives home the significance of the Repeal campaign for Ireland and for the world.' Francis Amery, University of Bath

`An extremely valuable resource for new students and established scholars of abortion politics alike. With a compelling combination of activist and academic voices, it drives home the significance of the Repeal campaign for Ireland and for the world.' Francis Amery, University of Bath

Author Information

Kath Browne is a Professor of Geographies of Sexualities and Genders at University College Dublin. She has worked on Heteroactivism, LGBT equalities, lesbian geographies, gender transgressions and women's spaces. Her other publications include Ordinary in Brighton: LGBT, Activisms and the City (with Leela Bakshi, 2013), Queer Spiritual Spaces (2010), and the co-edited collections Lesbian Feminism (2019), Geographies of Sex and Sexualities (2016) and Lesbian Geographies (2015). Sydney Calkin is a Lecturer in Geography and a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Queen Mary University of London. Her current research investigates the changing geographies of abortion access and the impact of transnational feminist social movements for reproductive justice. She is also the author of Human Capital in Gender and Development (2018).

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