Abortion: Loss and Renewal in the Search for Identity

by Eva Pattis Zoja

Book Overview

The debate on abortion has tended to avoid the psychological significance of an unwanted pregnancy, dominated istead by the strong emotions the subject excites. Eva Pattis Zoja examines the thoughts that surround a woman's decision to end a pregnancy, and presents the challenging thesis that voluntary abortion can often be a violent and unconscious act of self-realisation.
Treating a theme which is central to our existence, the author makes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415154073
• ISBN13: 9780415154079
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.6"