Pregnancy in practice : expectation and experience in the contemporary US /
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-wor...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2013
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| Series: | Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ;
v. 25. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
