This Watery Place - Four Essays on Gestation

A striking political and literary meditation on the sensory experience and politics of conception, pregnancy and neonatal care

About the author

Emma Heaney is the author of The New Woman (Northwestern UP, 2017) and the editor of the collection Feminism Against Cisness [Duke UP, 2023]. She received her PhD in Comparative Literature from The University of California, Irvine and is Associate Director and Clinical Assistant Professor of Literature and Philosophy in the XE Program in Experimental Humanities at New York University. Her writing has appeared in Aster(ix) Journal, The Tampa Review, and many academic journals and edited collections. She lives in Queens with her partner Lena Afridi and their daughters.

Product details

• Authors: Emma Heaney, Heaney Emma
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.11.2025
• EAN: 9780745350141
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-5014-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Guides > Health; HEALTH & FITNESS / Pregnancy & Childbirth, Capitalism, HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, MEDICAL / Nursing / Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health, Political activism, Pregnancy, birth & baby care, Feminism & feminist theory, Economic systems & structures, Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice and issues, Feminism and feminist theory, Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities, Birth control, contraception, family planning, Birthing methods, Political activism / Political engagement, Gender studies: transgender & intersex