Pregnancy Without Birth - A Feminist Philosophy of Miscarriage (Paperback)

Pregnancy is so thoroughly entangled with birth and babies in the popular imagination that a pregnancy which ends in miscarriage consistently appears as a failure or a waste of time – indeed, as not proper to pregnancy at all. But in this compelling book, Victoria Browne argues that reflection on miscarriage actually deepens and expands our understanding of pregnancy, forcing us to consider what pregnancy can amount to besides the production of a child. By exploring common themes within personal accounts of miscarriage—including feelings of failure, self-blame and being ‘stuck in limbo’—Pregnancy Without Birth critically interrogates teleological discourses and disciplinary ideologies that elevate birth as pregnancy’s ‘natural’ and ‘normal’ endpoint. As well as politicizing miscarriage as a feminist issue, the book articulates an alternative intercorporeal philosophy of pregnancy which embraces variation, invites us to sit with ambiguity, contingency and suspension, and enables us to see subjective agency in all pregnancies, even as they are shaped by biological, political and social forces beyond our personal control. What emerges is a relational feminist politics of full-spectrum solidarity, social justice and care (rather than individualized choice and responsibility), which breaks down presumed oppositions between pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth and live birth, and liberates pregnancy from reproductive futurism.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2022
Authors:	Victoria Browne
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-27969-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	1-350-27969-2
Barcode:	9781350279698

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