Making 'Postmodern' Mothers [electronic resource] : Pregnant Embodiment, Baby Bumps and Body Image /
Nash, M.author.
Based on interviews with pregnant women, this book provides a multi-disciplinary empirical account of pregnant embodiment and how it relates to wider sociological and feminist discourses about gender, bodies, 'fitness', 'fat', celebrity and motherhood.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The research story -- Theories, frameworks and debates -- "In-between" pregnant bodies -- Visibly pregnant bodies -- Dressing and maternity fashion -- Eating for two? -- Exercise.
Based on interviews with pregnant women, this book provides a multi-disciplinary empirical account of pregnant embodiment and how it relates to wider sociological and feminist discourses about gender, bodies, 'fitness', 'fat', celebrity and motherhood.
Sociology.
Human body-Social aspects.
Culture.
Medicine .
Health.
Social groups.
Family.
Feminist theory.
Gender Studies.
Sociology of the Body.
Sociology of Culture.
Popular Science in Medicine and Health.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Feminism.