We Are Animals - On the Nature and Politics of Motherhood

Collection of personal essays tackling social stigmas around mothering, childbirth, and feminism in the twenty-first century

List of contents

We Are Animals ………………………………………………… 4
BabyCenter: An Essay on Place ………………………………… 19
On Contemplating a Second Child ……………………………… 34
Unintended……………………………………………………… 44
A Political Pregnancy …………………………………………… 49
Birth (Un)Medicalized: A Case Study……………………………. 65
A Cost Accounting of Birth …………..…………………………. 83
To Hatch Intimacy from Despair………………………………… 95
Birthwork in the Bible Belt……………………………………….. 110
On the Silence of Regret ………………………………………….. 129
On Breast Pumps and Bovines ……………………………………. 139
The Mother-Infant Dyad …………………………………………. 158
On Race and Motherhood in America……………………………. 176
Animals on the Eve of Extinction………………………………… 187
Additional Thoughts on Control…………………………………… 198
Message for the Animal Mother………………………………… 213

About the author

Jennifer Case teaches creative writing at the University of Central Arkansas. She also serves as an assistant nonfiction editor at Terrain.org and is the supervising editor of Arkana. She is the author of Sawbill, and her work has appeared in Orion, the Sycamore Review, and Fourth River. She lives in central Arkansas.

Summary

Collection of personal essays tackling social stigmas around mothering, childbirth, and feminism in the twenty-first century

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Case
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 17.09.2024, delayed
• EAN: 9781595343017
• ISBN: 978-1-59534-301-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; NATURE / Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood