Reconceiving Pregnancy and Childcare

by Amy Mullin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521605865
• ISBN13: 9780521605861
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"