Reconceiving Pregnancy and Childcare
Ethics, Experience, and Reproductive Labor
Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 14 March 2005
- ISBN 9780521844383
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages226 pages
- Size 229x152x16 mm
- Weight 500 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book argues for increased recognition of pregnancy, birthing and childrearing as social activities.
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This highly original book argues for increased recognition of pregnancy, birthing and childrearing as social activities demanding simultaneously physical, intellectual, emotional and moral work from those who undertake them. Amy Mullin considers both parenting and paid childcare, and examines the impact of disability on this work. The first chapters contest misconceptions about pregnancy and birth such as the idea that pregnancy is only valued for its end result, and not also for the process. Following chapters focus on childcare provided in different circumstances and on the needs of both providers and receivers of care. The book challenges the assumption that isolated self-sacrifice should be the norm in either pregnancy or childcare. Instead reproductive labor requires greater social support. Written from the perspective of a feminist philosopher, the book draws on the work of, and seeks to increase dialogue between, philosophers and childcare professionals, disability theorists, nurses and sociologists.
'This book brings a feminist philosophical perspective to issues of pregnancy and childcare. It will make a contribution to the growing philosophical literature on parent-child relationships, to feminist philosophy and to work on the embodied self. As well, the book will break new ground and stake out pregnancy and childcare as a topic for further philosophical work. Any such work will be sure to cite Mullin's book. There is nothing else like it.' Samantha Brennan, University of Western Ontario
Table of Contents:
Introduction; 1. Pregnancy misconceived; 2. Reconceiving pregnancy; 3. The ethical significance of pregnancy; 4. What about birth?; 5. Mother and others: who can be 'maternal thinkers'?; 6. Caring for children, caring for friends, caring by children; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.
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