Pregnant Pictures

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-90449-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 721 g

In this dazzling collection of over 200 photos of pregnant women taken from art libraries, childbirth manuals, maternity ads, contemporary art, and personal albums, the authors explore the paradox between image and reality. The photos illuminate how society creates feminine roles through the institution of pregnancy-and how women resist such roles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matthews, Sandra

Wexler, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Abtreibung, Geburtenkontrolle: Soziale & Ethische Themen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Besondere Themen und Arten der Fotografie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction; 1. Why Pregnant Pictures; 2. The Labors of Art; 3. Family Photographs and the Pregnant Pose; 4. Medical Imaging, Pregnancy and the Social Body; 5. Promoting Pregnancy: Instruction, Advertising and Public Policy; 6. From Fetal Icon to Pregnant Icon; Epilogue Photographing Pregnancy in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Über Autor(innen)

Sandra Matthews is a writer and photographer. Essays of hers have appeared in Afterimage and Exposure, and her photographs have been exhibited internationally. She is also Associate Professor of Film and Photography at Hampshire College.Laura Wexler is Associate Professor of American Studies and Women's Studies at Yale University. She is the author of the forthcoming Tender Violence: Domestic Images in an Age of U.S. Imperialism.