Contemporary Mural Art, Personhood, and Utopic Visions of Reproductive Justice
Abstrak
: This essay argued that, in the post-Dobbs era, reproductive justice-themed mural art serves a memori-alizing function as well as a site of utopic imagining in a time of declining access to reproductive healthcare. The author has used personal experience as a clinic escort to ground a visual rhetorical analysis of three reproductive justice-themed murals across the United States. The essay has identified recurring aesthetic elements in the mu-rals’ compositions, including the female gaze, flowers in bloom, haloes, bold directional symbols, and affirming text. Drawing on reproductive justice scholarship and feminist rhetorical theories of place, the author argued that these aesthetic elements counter fetal personhood rhetoric and assert reproductive justice principles.
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Jill Swiencicki
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Cek di sumber asli →- Tahun Terbit
- 2026
- Bahasa
- en
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- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.37514/pei-j.2026.28.2.17
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- Open Access ✓