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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825803403321

Autore

Layne Linda L.

Titolo

Motherhood lost : a feminist account of pregnancy loss in America / / Linda L. Layne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-22223-1

1-135-22216-9

0-203-94804-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Disciplina

306.874/3

Soggetti

Motherhood - Complications - United States

Pregnancy - United States

Fetal death - United States

Humanism

Pregnancy Complications

Death

Maternal Behavior

Organizations

Ethics

Pathologic Processes

Health Care Economics and Organizations

Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications

Family Relations

Philosophy

Diseases

Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Humanities

Family

Health Care

Psychology, Social

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Feminism

Abortion, Spontaneous

Fetal Death

Maternal-Fetal Relations

Self-Help Groups

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences



Family & Marriage

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2003 by Routledge"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 My Miscarriage Years; Chapter 2 Caught in the Middle: Pregnancy Loss at the Turn of the Century; Chapter 3 Pregnancy-Loss Support; Chapter 4 Challenges to Narratives of Linear Progress; Chapter 5 New Reproductive Technologies and the Fetal Subject; Chapter 6 ""He Was a Real Baby with Baby Things"": A Material Culture Analysis of Personhood, Parenthood, and Pregnancy Loss; Chapter 7 ""True Gifts from God"": Paradoxes of Motherhood, Sacrifice, and Enrichment

Chapter 8 ""Never Such Innocence Again"": Irony, Nature, and TechnoscienceChapter 9 ""I Will Never Forget You"": Trauma, Memory, and Moral Identity; Chapter 10 Breaking the Silence: A Feminist Agenda for Pregnancy Loss; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.