Philosophical inquiries into pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering
Subtitle: maternal subjects
By: edited by Sheila Lintott and Maureen Sander-Staudt
Series: Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy -- 32
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780415891875
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Motherhood; Philosophy; Psychological aspects; Childbirth
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."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.