Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice

Explorations into Discourses of Reproduction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Women who came of age in the late twentieth century were raised in the era of choice; they grew up believing that reproductive decision-making is a political right, a responsibility of women living the successes of second wave feminism, and under their control. Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice: Explorations into Discourses of Reproduction explores contemporary maternity both within and in light of these late-twentieth century understandings. Employing a variety of feminist communication approaches, the volume's contributors discuss how discourses of choice shape and are shaped by women's identities and experiences as (non)mothers and how those same discourses affect and reflect private practices and public policies related to reproduction and motherhood. Through this process, the contributors illustrate a variety of ways of conducting feminist thinking, research, and practices within the communication discipline. Major sub-disciplines within communication studies are represented here including feminist organizational, interpersonal, rhetorical, critical/cultural, and social movement studies. Whereas many of the previous scholarly investigations into maternity highlight only one aspect or phase of motherhood, Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice is unique because it investigates discourses of choice across the arc of maternity and as enacted through various (non)maternal subject positions.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-06-14
Mått165 x 239 x 30 mm
Vikt733 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor356
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739138908
UtmärkelserWinner of Organization for the Study of Culture, Language, and Gender's Outstanding Book Award for an Edited Collection 2011

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Part 1 IntroductionPart 2 Section One: Mediated Images of ChoiceChapter 3 Chapter One: Public Choices, Private Control: How Mediated Mom Labels Work Rhetorically to Dismantle the Politics of Choice and White Second Wave Feminist SuccessesChapter 4 Chapter Two: No Exception Post-Prevention: "Differential Biopolitics" on the Morning AfterChapter 5 Chapter Three: Politicizing Personal Choices? The Storying of Age-Related Infertility in Public DiscoursesPart 6 Section Two: Choice in the Public SphereChapter 7 Chapter Four: Reproductive Freedom Transforming Discourses of ChoiceChapter 8 Chapter Five: The Commodification of Motherhood: Surrogacy as a Matter of ChoiceChapter 9 Chapter Six: Law, Politics, and Reproductive ChoicesPart 10 Section Three: Pregnancy and ChoiceChapter 11 Chapter Seven: My Eyes Cry Without Me: Illusions of Choice in the Transition to MotherhoodChapter 12 Chapter Eight: Two Women, Two Stories: Complicating Our "Right to Choose"Chapter 13 Chapter Nine: The In/Fertile, Un/Natural Body: Ecofeminism, Dis/Embodiment, Technology, and (the Loss of) ChoicePart 14 Section Four: Working with ChoiceChapter 15 Chapter Ten: The Invisible Politics of 'Choice' in the Workplace: Naming the Informal Parenting Support SystemChapter 16 Chapter Eleven: Cutting the Meeting Short: Conflicting Narrative Choices in One Woman's Maternity LeaveChapter 17 Chapter Twelve: Total Motherhood and Having it All: Reproduction, Maternity, and Discourses of Choice among Female Police OfficersPart 18 Section Five: Ongoing ChoicesChapter 19 Chapter Thirteen: Purposefully Childless Good WomenChapter 20 Chapter Fourteen: What Men Say About Women: Fathers Contemplate Work Family Choices and MotherhoodChapter 21 Chapter Fifteen: Outlaw Mothers Raising Gentle-men: Choosing to Disrupt Hegemonic Tensions between Masculinity and Feminism

Hayden and O'Brien Hallstein offer an engaging and rigorously-researched collection of essays exploring the complexities of contemporary maternity in the era of choice. The book overviews the history of reproductive rights, the larger discourses that enable and constrain parenting decisions, and stories of how parenting 'choices' not only impact mothers and fathers, but also family members, coworkers, purposively child-free individuals, and society at large. This edited edition brings together familiar dilemmas of work-life balance, infertility and the politics of choice, while accessing voices that are more often silenced in such discussions. In doing so, Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice provides a compendium of insight that is valuable for those interested in work-life, feminism, reproduction, family communication, popular culture and social movements.