Placenta wit : mother stories, rituals, and research /

Placenta Wit is an interdisciplinary anthology of stories, rituals, and research that explores mothers' contemporary and traditional uses of the human afterbirth. Authors inspire, provoke and highlight diverse understandings of the placenta and its role in mothers' creative life-giving. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Jordan, Nané
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bradford, ON : Demeter Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Birth customs.
Placenta.
Mothers.
Naissance > Rites et coutumes.
Mères.
mothers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Motherhood.
Birth customs
Mothers
Placenta
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PLACENTERRE I; 1. Placenta Consumption; 2. Beyond the Birth Room; 3. Slightly Inappropriate, but Really Brilliant; 4. "I'm Just Going to Give You the Injection for the Placenta"; 5. "Placental Waste"; 6. Discourses of Love and Loss; Artful Pause I; Planting Our Placenta Tree; Placenta Love; PLACENTERRE II; 7. A Medal for Birth; 8. Planting Our Placentas; 9. Circling the Red Tent; 10. Hélène Cixous; 11. The Amazing Placenta; 12. Placental Thinking; Artful Pause II; The Birth Project
  • The Placenta ProjectPLACENTERRE III; 13. Bledsung of the Placenta; 14. A Placenta by Any Other Name; 15. "Baby's Life Is in the Placenta Only"; 16. Placenta Wit and Chick Lit; 17. Snakes, Berries, and Bears; About the Contributors

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