03033nam 2200649 c 450 991079067000332120231208123421.01-78238-792-70-85745-988-010.1515/9780857459886(CKB)2550000001125690(EBL)1429460(OCoLC)861538595(SSID)ssj0001002316(PQKBManifestationID)11640211(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001002316(PQKBWorkID)10996744(PQKB)11550665(MiAaPQ)EBC1429460(Au-PeEL)EBL1429460(CaPaEBR)ebr10773527(CaONFJC)MIL526330(DE-B1597)636665(DE-B1597)9780857459886(EXLCZ)99255000000112569020131006d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPregnancy in practiceexpectation and experience in the contemporary US /Sallie HanNew YorkBerghahn Books,2013.1 online resourceillustrationsFertility, reproduction, and sexuality ;volume 25Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-987-2 1-299-95079-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Pregnancy as a literacy event -- Protoconversations of the heart : belly talk -- Seeing like a family, looking like a baby : fetal ultrasound imaging -- "This body is no longer my own" -- Making rooms for babies : houses, nurseries, and baby things -- Consumption and communitas : baby showers.Babies 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.Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ;v. 25.PregnancyUnited StatesFertilityUnited StatesEthnologyUnited StatesPregnancyFertilityEthnology362.1982Han Sallie1489474MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790670003321Pregnancy in practice3710201UNINA