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OverviewBabies 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sallie HanPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books Volume: 25 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.449kg ISBN: 9780857459879ISBN 10: 0857459872 Pages: 206 Publication Date: 01 July 2013 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface 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 IndexReviewsThe author takes an insightful look at an understudied phenomenon: that of ordinary pregnancy. She rightly notes that much scholarship has documented birth and the medicalization of pregnancy. Not enough attention has been paid to the mundane aspects of pregnancy. While an analysis of the quotidian might seem boring, it is when scholars problematize the everyday (the things we take for granted) that new insights are revealed. * Miranda Waggoner, Princeton University Author InformationSallie Han is Associate Professor of Anthropology at SUNY College at Oneonta. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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