Sallie Han

Pregnancy in Practice

Expectation and Experience in the Contemporary US

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Babies are not simply born-they are made through cultural and social practices. Based on rich empirical work, this book examines the everyday experiences that mark pregnancy in the US today, such as reading pregnancy advice books, showing ultrasound "baby pictures" to friends and co-workers, and decorating the nursery in anticipation of the new arrival. These ordinary practices of pregnancy, the author argues, are significant and revealing creative activities that produce babies. They are the activities through which babies are made important and meaningful in the lives of the women and men awaiting the child's birth. This book brings into focus a topic that has been overlooked in the scholarship on reproduction and will be of interest to professionals and expectant parents alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 307g
• ISBN-13: 9781782387923
• ISBN-10: 1782387927
• Artikelnr.: 43375341

Autorenporträt

Sallie Han is Associate Professor of Anthropology at SUNY College at Oneonta.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of Figures
Chapter 1. Introduction: Ordinary Pregnancy
Chapter 2. Pregnancy as a Literacy Event
Chapter 3. Protoconversations of the Heart: Belly Talk
Chapter 4. Seeing Like a Family, Looking Like a Baby: Fetal Ultrasound
Imaging
Chapter 5. "This Body Is No Longer My Own"
Chapter 6. Making Rooms for Babies: Houses and Nurseries
Chapter 7. Consumption and Communitas: Baby Showers
Postpartum
Bibliography
Index