Invisible labours the reproductive politics of second trimester pregnancy loss in England
"Tracing women's experiences of miscarriage and termination for foetal anomaly in the second trimester, before legal viability, shows how such events are positioned as less 'real' or significant when the foetal being does not, or will not, survive. Invisible Labours describes the...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York
Berghahn Books
2024, 2024
|
| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Fertility, reproduction and sexuality : social and cultural perspectives
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | |
| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "Tracing women's experiences of miscarriage and termination for foetal anomaly in the second trimester, before legal viability, shows how such events are positioned as less 'real' or significant when the foetal being does not, or will not, survive. Invisible Labours describes the reproductive politics of this category of pregnancy loss in England. It shows how second trimester pregnancy loss produces specific medical and social experiences, revealing an underlying teleological ontology of pregnancy. Some women then use an alternative understanding of pregnancy based on kinship with the second trimester foetal being or baby to resist the erasure of their experience"-- |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 1805392115 9781805392576 1805392581 |