Philosophical Inquiries into Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mothering: Maternal Subjects Contributor(s): Lintott, Sheila (Editor), Sander-Staudt, Maureen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415891876 ISBN-13: 9780415891875 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Family & Relationships | Parenting - Motherhood |
Dewey: 306.874 |
LCCN: 2011027122 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.14 lbs) 284 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Philosophical inquiry into pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering is a growing area of interest to academic philosophers. This volume brings together a diverse group of philosophers to speak about topics in this reemerging area of philosophical inquiry, taking up new themes, such as maternal aesthetics, and pursuing old ones in new ways, such as investigating stepmothering as it might inform and ground an ethics of care. The theoretical foci of the book include feminist, existential, ethical, aesthetic, phenomenological, social and political theories. These perspectives are then employed to consider many dimensions of pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering, which are of central importance to human existence, but are only rarely discussed in philosophical cannons. Topics include pregnancy and embodiment, breast-feeding, representations - or the lack thereof - of pregnant and birthing women, adoption, and post-partum motherhood. |