Examines everyday experiences that mark pregnancy in the United States today
Brings into focus a topic that has been overlooked in the scholarship on reproduction
Of interest to professionals and expectant parents alike
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
List of Figures
Chapter 1. Introduction: Ordinary Pregnancy
Chapter 2. Pregnancy as a Literacy Event
Chapter 3. Protoconversations of the Heart: Belly Talk
Chapter 4. Seeing Like a Family, Looking Like a Baby: Fetal Ultrasound Imaging
Chapter 5. "This Body Is No Longer My Own"
Chapter 6. Making Rooms for Babies: Houses and Nurseries
Chapter 7. Consumption and Communitas: Baby Showers
Postpartum
Bibliography
Index
