Making 'Postmodern' Mothers
Pregnant Embodiment, Baby Bumps and Body Image
Published on 14. November 2012
Book
Hardback
IX, 247 pages
978-0-230-35543-9 (ISBN)
Description
Based on interviews with pregnant women, this book provides a multi-disciplinary empirical account of pregnant embodiment and how it relates to wider sociological and feminist discourses about gender, bodies, 'fitness', 'fat', celebrity and motherhood.
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Series
Edition
2012 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
IX, 247 p.
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-35543-9 (9780230355439)
DOI
10.1057/9781137292155
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Person
MEREDITH NASH is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Tasmania, Australia.
Content
Introduction The Research Story Theories, Frameworks and Debates 'In-Between' Pregnant Bodies Visibly Pregnant Bodies Dressing and Maternity Fashion Eating for Two? Exercise Conclusion