Linda L. Layne

Motherhood Lost (eBook, PDF)

A Feminist Account of Pregnancy Loss in America

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Nearly 20% of all pregnancies in the U.S. end in miscarriage or stillbirth. Yet pregnancy loss is seldom acknowledged and rarely discussed. Opening the topic to a thoughtful and informed discussion, Linda Layne takes a historical look at pregnancy loss in America, reproductive technologies and the cultural responses surrounding miscarriage. Examining both support groups and the rituals they create to help couples through loss, her analysis offers valuable insight on how material culture contributes to conceptions of personhood. A fascinating examination, Motherhood Lost is also a provocative challenge to feminists and other activists to increase awareness and provide necessary support for this often hidden but critically important topic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135222161
• Artikelnr.: 40445354

Autorenporträt

Linda L. Layne is Hale Professor of Anthropology and Director of Graduate Studies on the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

1. My Miscarriage Years2. Caught in the Middle: Pregnancy Loss at the Turn of the Century3. Studying Pregnancy Loss Support4. Challenges to Narratives of Linear Progress5. New Reproductive Technologies and the Fetal Subject 6. 'He Was a Real Baby With Baby Things': A Material Culture Analysis of Personhood
Parenthood
and Pregnancy Loss7. 'True Gifts from God': Paradoxes of Motherhood
Sacrifice
and Enrichment8. 'Never Such Innocence Again': Irony
Nature
and Technoscience 9. 'I Will Never Forget You': Trauma
Memory
and Moral Identity10. A Feminist Program for Pregnancy LossAppendix: Contact Information References CitedIndex