A Womb with a View: America's Growing Public Interest in Pregnancy by Laura Trop

Description: A Womb with a View by Laura Tropp Through history, interviews, anecdotes, and popular culture, this book examines pregnancy from all angles, covering changing expectations for pregnancy; new definitions of when fatherhood begins; the implications of new, earlier connections to the fetus; and the political, economic, and social consequences to the public. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Through history, interviews, anecdotes, and popular culture, this book examines pregnancy from all angles, covering changing expectations for pregnancy; new definitions of when fatherhood begins; the implications of new, earlier connections to the fetus; and the political, economic, and social consequences to the public.In the 21st century, pregnancy is more than a biological event—its a cultural phenomenon. A Womb with a View: Americas Growing Public Interest in Pregnancy addresses how media influence and changes in society have exposed and commoditized pregnancy like never before, while technology has enabled us to share, record, and preserve all aspects of the pregnancy experience.Each chapter of the book focuses on an aspect of the pregnancy experience, including efforts to peer in and bond with the fetus, the various ways of obtaining advice, the evolving role of expectant fathers, how pregnancy is depicted and treated in popular culture, and branding and marketing to pregnant couples. Interviews with those marketing products and services to pregnant women reveal how pregnancy is now "big business," while real-life stories from pregnant women and images from television and film serve to illustrate our cultures fascination with pregnancy. Author Biography Laura Tropp, PhD, is associate professor and chair of the Communication Arts Department at Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY. Table of Contents Acknowledgments1. Outing Pregnancy: From Stork to Sonogram2. A Window into the Womb3. It Takes an E-Village4. A Pregnant Pause5. The Backseat Pregnancy6. The Pregnancy Industrial Complex7. Womb Time8. The Big Let-DownNotesBibliographyIndex Review Tropp expands her analysis beyond the pregnant woman, arguing that cultural and market forces like reality television, pregnancy blogs, and the pregnancy advice market have created pregnancy voyeurs who maintain the publicity of pregnancy through their spectatorship (p. 50). A Womb with a View does an excellent job of accounting for the multiplicity of actors invested in pregnancies and gives a great deal of attention to fathers roles in public pregnancies. . . . [H]er critical analysis of pregnancys publicity, her use of culturally relevant examples and her clear and accessible language make this text a valuable resource for students in media studies, womens and gender studies, and cultural studies. * Feminist Collections * Promotional Through history, interviews, anecdotes, and popular culture, this book examines pregnancy from all angles, covering changing expectations for pregnancy; new definitions of when fatherhood begins; the implications of new, earlier connections to the fetus; and the political, economic, and social consequences to the public. Long Description In the 21st century, pregnancy is more than a biological event--its a cultural phenomenon. A Womb with a View: Americas Growing Public Interest in Pregnancy addresses how media influence and changes in society have exposed and commoditized pregnancy like never before, while technology has enabled us to share, record, and preserve all aspects of the pregnancy experience. Each chapter of the book focuses on an aspect of the pregnancy experience, including efforts to peer in and bond with the fetus, the various ways of obtaining advice, the evolving role of expectant fathers, how pregnancy is depicted and treated in popular culture, and branding and marketing to pregnant couples. Interviews with those marketing products and services to pregnant women reveal how pregnancy is now "big business," while real-life stories from pregnant women and images from television and film serve to illustrate our cultures fascination with pregnancy. Review Quote "Tropp expands her analysis beyond the pregnant woman, arguing that cultural and market forces like reality television, pregnancy blogs, and the pregnancy advice market have created pregnancy voyeurs who maintain the publicity of pregnancy through their spectatorship (p. 50). A Womb with a View does an excellent job of accounting for the multiplicity of actors invested in pregnancies and gives a great deal of attention to fathers roles in public pregnancies. . . . [H]er critical analysis of pregnancys publicity, her use of culturally relevant examples and her clear and accessible language make this text a valuable resource for students in media studies, womens and gender studies, and cultural studies." - Feminist Collections Promotional "Headline" Pregnancy-and societys views about it-have changed drastically in the last half-century. Once a private, personal experience, the word "pregnancy" was considered inappropriate to be uttered within the popular 1950s TV show I Love Lucy . Today pregnancy is a celebrated spectacle where husbands and family are invited into the birthing room, and friends can even follow via social media. One aspect of pregnancy remains the same, however: it is life-changing for everyone involved. Description for Reader * Provides accessible, engaging information that will interest general readers as well as expectant mothers or friends and family members, as well as students and researchers in womens health and mental health fields * Offers a combination of history and present-day examples drawn from popular culture to demonstrate changes in pregnancy over time * Features anecdotes from pregnant women and television and film images that illustrate a culture fascinated by pregnancy * Discusses an everyday subject from perspectives most people have not considered * Reflects on how changing notions of pregnancy impact womens reproductive rights, views on fatherhood, and relationships to the fetus Details ISBN1440828091 Author Laura Tropp Short Title WOMB W/A VIEW Language English ISBN-10 1440828091 ISBN-13 9781440828096 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-01-09 Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc Subtitle Americas Growing Public Interest in Pregnancy Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Westport UK Release Date 2013-01-09 NZ Release Date 2013-01-09 US Release Date 2013-01-09 Audience Age 7-17 Pages 208 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc DEWEY 362.198201 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2013-01-08 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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