Bearing the Weight of the World Exploring Maternal Embodiment

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• Alys Einion

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• 260 Seiten
• 10 Lesestunden

• Medizin & Gesundheit
• Mutterschaft & Elternschaft
• Politikwissenschaft

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"The maternal body is a site of contested dynamics of power, identity, experience, autonomy, occupation, and control. Representations of the maternal body can mis/represent the childbearing and mothering form variously, often as monstrous, idealized, limited, scrutinized, or occupied, whilst dominant discourses limit motherhood through social devaluation. The maternal body has long been a hypervisible artifact: at once bracketed out in the interest of elevating the contributions of sperm-carriers or fetal status; and regarded with hostility and suspicion as out of control, such arguments being. deployed to justify surveillance mechanisms, medical scrutiny, and expectation of self-discipline."-- Provided by publisher

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Einband: Paperback