Killing for life : the apocalyptic narrative of pro-life politics /
Carol Mason.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2002.
- viii, 251 p. ; 24 cm.
- Cornell paperbacks .
- Cornell paperbacks. [19??]- .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-240) and index.
Introduction : the productive power of apocalyptic narrative -- New abortion warrior : from right-to-life rhetoric to paramilitary pro-life culture -- From protest to retribution : the guerrilla politics of pro-life violence -- Protection from and for the fetal citizen : the crack baby and the partially born as a millennial pair -- The Gideon story : millennialist conflict as mainstream pro-life narrative -- Making time for America's Armageddon : Bozell's legacy -- Narrating enemies : the Jewish doctor, the lesbian nurse, and the indeterminacy of life -- Conclusion : no new embryos.
Pro-life movement--United States. Radicalism--United States. Political violence--United States. Millennialism--United States. Abortion, Induced--United States. Civil Disorders--United States. Dissent and Disputes--history--United States. Politics--United States. Propaganda--United States. Public Policy--United States. Value of Life--United States.