Coming to Life : Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering

English

Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy (FUP) Ser.

ISBN: 0823244601

EAN: 9780823244607

Category: Health & Fitness / Pregnancy & Childbirth/Family & Relationships / Parenting / Motherhood/

Publisher: Fordham University Press

Release Date: 09/30/2012

Synopsis: Coming to Life does what too few scholarly works have dared to attempt: it takes seriously the philosophical significance of womens lived experience. Every woman, regardless of her own reproductive story, is touched by the beliefs and norms governing discourses about pregnancy, childbirth,and mothering. Thus, the concerns of this anthology are relevant to all women and central to any philosophical project that takes womens lives seriously. The volumes contributors engage in sustained reflection on womens 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 theexperiences of adoptive mothers and birthmothers, and upend the belief that childrearing practices must be uniform, despite psychosexual differences in children. Many chapters reveal the radical shortcomings of conventional philosophical wisdom by placing trenchant assumptions about subjectivity,gender, power and virtue in dialogue with womens experience. All readers, regardless of their philosophical training and commitments, will find much of value in this volume.

Coming to Life : Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.1 inches

Width: 9.1 inches

Length: 6.3 inches

Weight: 24.06 oz

Pages: 424