Book chapter
Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Justice in Recent German-Language Fiction and Film
The Palgrave Handbook of Reproductive Justice and Literature, pp.107-128
Springer International Publishing
09/11/2022
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-99530-0_6
Abstract
Recent German-language fiction and film address a range of issues of reproductive rights and justice, especially the right to a biological child through sperm donation and IVF, the right to abortion (or, correctly, exceptions from the illegality of abortion), the right to adoption including transnational adoption, and the illegality of transnational surrogacy. This chapter examines works that have gained media attention and popularity with readers, arguing that these works of fiction, autobiography, and film provide readers not just with emotional stories but with arguments supporting the illegal status of surrogacy while affirming a woman’s right to end a pregnancy or to adopt a child. This chapter shows how the representation of surrogacy and abortion is heavily impacted by legal differences or differences in the discourse of feminism in Germany versus the United States.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Justice in Recent German-Language Fiction and Film
- Creators
- Waltraud Maierhofer - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Palgrave Handbook of Reproductive Justice and Literature, pp.107-128
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-99530-0_6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/11/2022
- Academic Unit
- German; Interdisciplinary Programs; International Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9984398669402771
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