Motherhood and Space

Configurations of the Maternal Through Politics, Home, and the Body

Sarah Hardy, Caroline Wiedmer, C Wiedmer, S Hardy (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

335 Seiten

2014 | 2005 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-73411-5 (ISBN)

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This is a collection of essays on the spatial dimensions of motherhood. Engaging both theoretical and empirical perspectives, contributors describe the intersection of space and gender across a variety of contexts with both familiar and unexpected territories explored.

Configuring the Maternal: An Introduction; S.Hardy & C.Wiedmer SECTION I: MOTHERHOOD AND SPACES OF NATION, LAW, AND CIVIC INSTITUTIONS MotherSpace: Disciplining through the Material and Discursive; M.Marotta Magdalene Versus the Nation: Ireland as a Space of Compulsory Motherhood in Edna O'Brien's Down by the River ; S.Gerend Till Death Do You Part: The Spaces of Motherhood in Contemporary Swiss Family Law; C.Wiedmer The Maternity Hospital: Blueprint for Redesigning Childbirth; L.Kanes Weisman The Birthplace; B.Katz Rothman SECTION II: MOTHERHOOD AND SPACES OF HOME House and Home: Feminist Variations on a Theme; I.M.Young Space, Time and Renegotiating Motherhood: An Exploration of the Domestic Workplace; I.Dyck Locating Lesbian Parent Families; J.Gabb Like A Mother: Paid 'Mother-work' Performed in Private Spaces; A.Mullin 'You Just Have to Make a Conscious Effort to Keep Snapping Away I Think': A Case Study of Family Photos, Mothering and Familial Space; G.Rose Uneasy Spaces: The Domestic Uncanny in Contemporary Installation Art; F.Carson SECTION III: MOTHERHOOD AND SPACES OF EMBODIMENT Proximity, Publicity, and the Boundaries of Maternal Bodies; R.Kukla When We are Other: The Womb as Alien Space in the X-Files; S.Hardy Winnicott's Maternal Aesthetic: Absorption and Beholding in Potential Space; E.Brinks Further Variations on a Theme: Maternal Presence and the Practices of Mothering; S.Ruddick Epilogue; D.Spain

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	Birth • Death • Embodiment • Family • Feminism • Gender • Hospital • Law • Pain • Politics
ISBN-10	1-349-73411-X / 134973411X
ISBN-13	978-1-349-73411-5 / 9781349734115
Zustand	Neuware