From Here to Maternity: Becoming a Mother

ISBN-13: 9781447349341 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 338 str.

Ann Oakley

Opis

Ann Oakley interviewed 60 women to find out what it's really like to have a baby. She discusses whether and why women want to become pregnant, how they imagine motherhood to be, the experience of birth, post-natal depression, feeding and caring routines and the challenges for the domestic division of labour and to fathers.

Spis treści

Childbirth and the ‘Position’ of Women; In the Beginning; Remember, Pregnancy is a State of Health; Journey into the Unknown; The Agony and the Ecstasy; Mother and Baby; Learning the Language of the Child; Menus; Domestic Politics; Into a Routine; Lessons Learnt; Mothers and Medical People.