Popular culture and reproductive politics: Juno, Knocked Up and the enduring legacy of The Handmaid's Tale

Feminist Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-226

  Latimer, Heather ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abortion; Film; Juno; Knocked Up; Margaret Atwood; Popular culture; Reproductive politics; The Handmaid's Tale; Unwanted pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249106856     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700109104925     Document Type: Article

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