This giving birth
Subtitle: pregnancy and childbirth in American women's writing
By: edited by Julie Tharp and Susan MacCallum-Whitcomb.
Contributors: Tharp, Julie Ann.; MacCallum-Whitcomb, Susan.
Publisher: Bowling Green State University Popular Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Bowling Green, OH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- United States -- History.; Mother and child in literature.; Childbirth in literature.; Motherhood in literature.; Pregnancy in literature.
Description: "This Giving Birth is a collection of essays which underlines the central place pregnancy and childbirth hold in American women's writing. Embracing three centuries of prose and poetry, the anthology traces the evolution of American maternity literature, exploring the difficulties mothers faced as they struggled to transform themselves from objects into maternal subjects."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.