Overview
The maternal body is a site of contested dynamics of power, identity, experience, autonomy, occupation, and control. Representations of the maternal body can mis/represent the childbearing and mothering form variously, often as monstrous, idealized, limited, scrutinized, or occupied, whilst dominant discourses limit motherhood through social devaluation. The maternal body has long been a hypervisible artifact: at once bracketed out in the interest of elevating the contributions of sperm-carriers or fetal status; and regarded with hostility and suspicion as out of control. Such arguments are deployed to justify surveillance mechanisms, medical scrutiny, and expectation of self-discipline.
- | Author: Alys Einion
- | Publisher: Demeter Press
- | Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 260 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1772581712
- | ISBN-13: 9781772581713
