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Natal signs : cultural representations of pregnancy, birth and parenting / edited by Nadya Burton.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pregnancy--Social aspects.
- Pregnancy.
- Childbirth--Social aspects.
- Childbirth.
- Parenting--Social aspects.
- Parenting.
- Popular culture.
- Social Perception.
- Cultural Characteristics.
- Gender Identity.
- Medical Subjects:
- Pregnancy.
- Social Perception.
- Cultural Characteristics.
- Gender Identity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 378 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First ED.
- Place of Publication:
- Bradford, Ontario : Demeter Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- Text in English.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- SECTION 1: LOOKING AT PREGNANCY
- What to Expect When Your Avatar is Expecting:
- Representations of Pregnancy and Parenthood in Video Games / Lauren Cruikshank
- Masculine Pregnancy: Butch Lesbians’, Trans Men’s & Genderqueer Individuals’ Experiences / Michelle Walks
- That Fat Man is Giving Birth: Gender Identity and the Pregnant Body / K. J. Surkan
- Gay Men’s Narratives of Pregnancy in the Context of Commercial Surrogacy / Damien W. Riggs and Deborah Dempsey
- Crone and Moon, Umbilical Cords/Blood Ties / Brescia Nember Reid
- Imminent / Jennifer Long
- Heroes and Villains:
- Representations of Midwives in the Late Twentieth Century
- Ontario Midwifery Revival / Elizabeth Allemang
- Spacemaking and Midwifery: With, Within, Without / Mary Sharpe and Kory McGrath
- SECTION 2: LOOKING AT BIRTH
- Refusing Delinquency, Reclaiming Power: Indigenous Women and Childbirth [Aboriginal or Native peoples, First Nations] / Claire Dion Fletcher and Cheryllee Bourgeois
- Resistance and Submission:
- A Critique of Representations of Birth / Alys Einion
- Representations of Birth and Motherhood as Contemporary Forms of the Sacred / Anna Hennessey
- Does Labour Mean Work? A Look at the Meaning of Birth
- in Amish and Non-Amish Society / Natalie Jolly
- Representing Birth: An Inquiry into Art Making and Birth Giving: Implications for Teaching Student Midwives / Jeanne Lyons
- Birth is a Labour of Art / Marni Kotak
- Split Open / Ara Parker
- Flower of My Flesh / Rosie Rosenzweig
- Birth Shock: Exploring Pregnancy, Birth, and the Transition to Motherhood Using Participatory Arts / Susan Hogan, Charley Baker, Shelagh Cornish, Paula McCloskey and Lisa Watts
- Making Meaning of Stillbirth / Kory McGrath and Lynn Farrales
- SECTION III: LOOKING AT PARENTING
- Kids Aren’t Cute / Beth Osnes
- Paternal Loss and Anticipation: An Artist’s Perspective / Rachel Epp Buller
- Two Mums and Some Babies: Queering Motherhood / Rebecca English, Raechel Johns and Angela Dwyer
- Go the Fuck to Sleep Prince George? Juxtaposing Cultural Representations of Motherhood and Exploring the Politics of Authenticity / Betty Ann Martin
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781772580341
- 1772580341
- Publisher Number:
- 99985104648
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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