Biography
Lea Happ is a PhD student in the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine. Her research investigates feminist activism, the experience of abortion, and political subjectivities in urban and rural Argentina. She is particularly interested in affective communities and the biopolitics of pharmaceutical abortion.
Research
Thesis title: 'Abortion, Nationhood, and Subjectivity - An Investigation into the Disruptive Potential of Contemporary Feminist Activism in Argentina'
PhD supervision
- Principal supervisor: Dominique Béhague
- Secondary supervisor: Anne Pollock
Further details
Research
Reproduction Research Cluster
Our interdisciplinary group examines the complex social, cultural, and political dimensions of reproduction.
Features
Resisting with the body — Embodied memory in contemporary feminist activism in Argentina
When Argentina legalised abortion in December 2020, the new law was widely celebrated as a landmark victory for reproductive justice in Argentina and beyond....
Research
Reproduction Research Cluster
Our interdisciplinary group examines the complex social, cultural, and political dimensions of reproduction.
Features
Resisting with the body — Embodied memory in contemporary feminist activism in Argentina
When Argentina legalised abortion in December 2020, the new law was widely celebrated as a landmark victory for reproductive justice in Argentina and beyond....