Coming to Life - Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mothering

Informationen zum Autor Sarah LaChance Adams is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Superior. She has published several articles and chapters on pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering and is the author of a forthcoming book on maternal ambivalence and ethics. Klappentext In this unique philosophical anthology 16 authors- including both established feminists and some of today's most innovative new scholars- engage in sustained reflection on the experiences of pregnancy, childbirth and mothering, and on the beliefs, customs, and political institutions by which those experiences are informed. Zusammenfassung In this unique philosophical anthology 16 authors- including both established feminists and some of today’s most innovative new scholars- engage in sustained reflection on the experiences of pregnancy, childbirth and mothering, and on the beliefs, customs, and political institutions by which those experiences are informed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors: Sarah LaChance Adams! Melissa Burchard! Sonya Charles! Cynthia Coe! Frances Gray! Lisa Guenther! Eva Kittay! Candace Johnson! Caroline R. Lundquist! Bertha Alvarez Manninen! Kelly Oliver! Dorothy Rogers! Rebecca Tuvel! Kayley Varnallis! Florentien Verhage! Gail Weiss! Talia Welsh

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• Authors: Sarah Lachance (EDT)/ Lundquist Adams, Sarah Lachance Lundquist Adams, Sarah Lundquist Adams, Sarah Adams LaChance, Sarah Adams Lundquist Lachance, LACHANCE SARAH ADAMS LUNDQUIST C, Caroline R. Lundquist
• Assisted by: Sarah Adams (Editor), Sarah LaChance Adams (Editor), Sarah Adams LaChance (Editor), Sarah Lachance Adams (Editor), Caroline R Lundquist (Editor), Caroline R. Lundquist (Editor), Lundquist Caroline R. (Editor)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.12.2012
• EAN: 9780823244607
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-4460-7
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy; Perspectives in Continental Ph; Perspectives in Continental Ph; Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects