{"product_id":"9781538186282","title":"Crafting Choice Abortion Politics and Handwork in the United States","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCrafting Choice\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAbortion Politics and Handwork in the United States\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHinda Mandell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ Art \u0026amp; Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eCrafting Choice: Abortion Politics and Handwork\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ein the U.S.\u003c\/i\u003e represents the first known inquiry into how people deploy publicly engaged handcraft campaigns as a means for abortion-political action. Whether crafters turn to yarn as a platform to fight for reproductive justice or to limit abortion access, this work takes a holistic approach to study how liberals and conservatives choose yarn as a political-activation tool in a Democracy. As a comprehensive investigation grounded in the shifting legality of abortion through two monumental U.S. Supreme Court decisions (including Roe v. Wade in 1973 and Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in 2022), this book explains why efforts at persuasive handcrafting galvanize people around abortion politics, and what impacts craftwork serves an ever-polarized American public. While “craftivism” is typically regarded as a tool of the left, with the whimsical and often tongue-in-cheek campaigns, this book also offers rare consideration of how those on the political right are actively engaged in their own craftivism efforts with abortion.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eHinda Mandell, Ph.D., is professor in the School of Communication at RIT in New York, where she is the director of the university's journalism program. Mandell is editor of \u003ci\u003eCrafting Dissent\u003c\/i\u003e; co-curator and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eCrafting Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e; co-editor of \u003ci\u003eNasty Women and Bad Hombres\u003c\/i\u003e; author of \u003ci\u003eSex Scandals, Gender and Power in Contemporary American Politics\u003c\/i\u003e; and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eScandal in a Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing been published in\u003ci\u003e Politico\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe LA Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCraft Research\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Urban Cultural Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Feminist Scholarship\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781538186282\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e128\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333854593164,"sku":"9781538186282","price":54.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_6e495605-4edb-4dc8-b93b-66bb3ac1cb01.jpg?v=1783617010","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781538186282","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}