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Informationen zum Autor Robyn Longhurst is Professor of Geography at the University of Waikato New Zealand and is author of Bodies: Exploring Fluid Boundaries (2001) and co-author of Pleasure Zones: Bodies, Cities, Spaces (2001). Klappentext This book explores the diversity and complexity of embodied experiences of maternity, illustrating how maternal bodies are constructed through different social, cultural and economic networks, and through different places and spaces. Zusammenfassung This book explores the diversity and complexity of embodied experiences of maternity, illustrating how maternal bodies are constructed through different social, cultural and economic networks, and through different places and spaces. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A Series of Windows 2. ‘Mum’s’ the Word: ‘Coming Out’ as Pregnant at Work 3. (Ad)dressing Pregnant Bodies: Clothing, Fashion, Subjectivities and Spatialities 4. Pregnant and Disabled: ‘Body Troubles’? 5. A Pornography of Birth: Crossing Moral Boundaries 6. At Home with Birth 7. ‘Queer Breastfeeding’: (Im)proper Spaces of Lactation 8. ‘Bad’ Mothers: (Re)presentations of Lack 9. Clubmom.com: Constructing Maternal Identities in Cyberspace 10. Conclusion: The Contradictory Spaces of Mothering. Appendix: Research Methods
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1. A Series of Windows 2. 'Mum's' the Word: 'Coming Out' as Pregnant at Work 3. (Ad)dressing Pregnant Bodies: Clothing, Fashion, Subjectivities and Spatialities 4. Pregnant and Disabled: 'Body Troubles'? 5. A Pornography of Birth: Crossing Moral Boundaries 6. At Home with Birth 7. 'Queer Breastfeeding': (Im)proper Spaces of Lactation 8. 'Bad' Mothers: (Re)presentations of Lack 9. Clubmom.com: Constructing Maternal Identities in Cyberspace 10. Conclusion: The Contradictory Spaces of Mothering. Appendix: Research Methods
