Coming to life : philosophies of pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering /

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The volume's contributors engage in sustained reflection on women's experiences and on the beliefs, customs, and political institutions by which they are informed. They think beyond the traditional pro-choice/pro-life dichotomy, speak to the manifold nature of mothering by considering the...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: LaChance Adams, Sarah (Editor), Lundquist, Caroline R. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
Series:Perspectives in continental philosophy.
Subjects:
Pregnancy.
Childbirth.
Motherhood.
Feminism.
Humanism.
Humanities.
Nuclear families.
Families.
Social psychology.
Philosophy.
Parenting.
Humanism
Family Relations
Reproduction
Humanities
Family
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena
Ethics
Psychology, Social
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena
Phenomena and Processes
Psychiatry and Psychology
Philosophy
Feminism
Parenting
Parturition
Pregnancy
Nuclear Family
Grossesse.
Maternité.
Féminisme.
Humanisme.
Sciences humaines.
Familles.
Psychologie sociale.
Philosophie.
Rôle parental.
pregnancy.
maternity.
feminism.
humanism.
humanities.
social psychology.
philosophy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Philosophical Significance of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mothering
  • PART I: The Philosophical Canon
  • Plato, Maternity, and Power
  • Of Courage Born
  • Original Habitation
  • The Birth of Sexual Difference
  • PART II: Ethics
  • Birthing Responsibility
  • Birthmothers and Maternal Identity
  • What's an Adoptive Mother to Do?
  • Part III: Politics
  • The Pro-Choice Pro-Lifer
  • The Political "Nature" of Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Disempowered Women?
  • PART IV: Popular Culture
  • Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down
  • Exposing the Breast
  • Part V: Feminist Phenomenology
  • The Order of Life
  • The Vision of the Artist/Mother.

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