TY - BOOK
T1 - Sanctioning pregnancy
T2 - a psychological perspective on the paradoxes and culture of research
AU - Gross, Harriet
AU - Pattison, Helen M.
PY - 2007/4/30
Y1 - 2007/4/30
N2 - Pregnancy provides a very public, visual confirmation of femininity. It is a time of rapid physical and psychological adjustment for women and is surrounded by stereotyping, taboos and social expectations. This book seeks to examine these popular attitudes towards pregnancy and to consider how they influence women’s experiences of being pregnant.
Sanctioning Pregnancy offers a unique critique of sociocultural constructions of pregnancy and the ways in which it is represented in contemporary culture, and examines the common myths which exist about diet, exercise and work in pregnancy, alongside notions of risk and media portrayals of pregnant women. Topics covered include:
•Do pregnant women change their diet and why?
•Is memory really impaired in pregnancy?
•How risky behaviour is defined from exercise to employment
•The biomedical domination of pregnancy research.
Different theoretical standpoints are critically examined, including a medico-scientific model, feminist perspectives and bio-psychosocial and psychodynamic approaches.
Table of Contents:
Introduction. Cognition and Cognitive Dysfunction. Working and Employment. Dietary Change and Eating. Exercise and Activity. Pregnancy and Risk. Pregnancy Under Surveillance. Concluding Remarks. References/Bibliography. Index.
AB - Pregnancy provides a very public, visual confirmation of femininity. It is a time of rapid physical and psychological adjustment for women and is surrounded by stereotyping, taboos and social expectations. This book seeks to examine these popular attitudes towards pregnancy and to consider how they influence women’s experiences of being pregnant.
Sanctioning Pregnancy offers a unique critique of sociocultural constructions of pregnancy and the ways in which it is represented in contemporary culture, and examines the common myths which exist about diet, exercise and work in pregnancy, alongside notions of risk and media portrayals of pregnant women. Topics covered include:
•Do pregnant women change their diet and why?
•Is memory really impaired in pregnancy?
•How risky behaviour is defined from exercise to employment
•The biomedical domination of pregnancy research.
Different theoretical standpoints are critically examined, including a medico-scientific model, feminist perspectives and bio-psychosocial and psychodynamic approaches.
Table of Contents:
Introduction. Cognition and Cognitive Dysfunction. Working and Employment. Dietary Change and Eating. Exercise and Activity. Pregnancy and Risk. Pregnancy Under Surveillance. Concluding Remarks. References/Bibliography. Index.
KW - pregnancy
KW - femininity
KW - stereotyping
KW - taboos social expectation
KW - diet
KW - exercise
KW - work
KW - risk
KW - media portrayal
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UR - http://www.routledge.com/books/Sanctioning-Pregnancy-isbn9780415211604
M3 - Book
SN - 9780415211604
T3 - Women and Psychology
BT - Sanctioning pregnancy
ER -