Making 'postmodern' mothers[electron...
Nash, Meredith, (1980-)

 

  • Making 'postmodern' mothers[electronic resource] :pregnant embodiment, baby bumps and body image /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 618.2
    書名/作者: Making 'postmodern' mothers : pregnant embodiment, baby bumps and body image // Meredith Nash.
    作者: Nash, Meredith,
    出版者: Houndmills, Basingstoke ; : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2013.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource.
    標題: Pregnancy - Psychological aspects.
    標題: Pregnancy - Social aspects.
    標題: Pregnant women.
    標題: Motherhood.
    標題: Body image in women.
    標題: Human body - Social aspects.
    標題: HEALTH & FITNESS / Pregnancy & Childbirth
    ISBN: 9781137292155 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 1137292156 (electronic bk.)
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references.
    內容註: Introduction -- The Research Story -- Theories, Frameworks and Debates -- 'In-Between' Pregnant Bodies -- Visibly Pregnant Bodies -- Dressing and Maternity Fashion -- Eating for Two? -- Exercise -- Conclusion.
    摘要、提要註: This book, the first of its kind, provides a multi-disciplinary, empirical account of pregnant embodiment and how it fits into wider sociological and feminist discourses about gender, bodies, 'fitness', 'fat', feminism, celebrity and motherhood. This study draws on original qualitative data based on interviews with pregnant women, their partners, and maternity industry professionals including maternity designers. The voices of pregnant women are located at the centre of a range of competing social discourses to reveal what the author describes as 'postmodern' pregnancy, an experience that highlights the contradictions inherent in being a contemporary woman in the West: Eat junk food but do not get fat. Wear 'sexy' clothing but be a 'good' selfless mother. Be 'fit' but do not exercise too much. 'Postmodern' pregnancy features as an ambivalent and uncertain experience, with women constantly negotiating the boundaries of both femininity and motherhood in a neo-liberal socio-political and economic context that both promotes and constrains their 'choices'.
    電子資源: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137292155
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