Motherhood Lost - Linda L. Layne

Motherhood Lost

A Feminist Account of Pregnancy Loss in America

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Buch | Hardcover
368 Seiten
2002
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-91149-8 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
Anthropologist Linda Layne takes a theoretically informed approach to the topic of miscarriage and stillbirth. About 20 per cent of all pregnancies in the U.S. end in miscarriage or stillbirth, yet pregnancy loss is not a socially accepted topic of
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.

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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag 19.12.2002
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 840 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Trennung / Trauer
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10 0-415-91149-4 / 0415911494
ISBN-13 978-0-415-91149-8 / 9780415911498
Zustand Neuware
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