Making 'Postmodern' Mothers Pregnant Embodiment, Baby Bumps and Body Image [Hardcover]

Based on interviews with pregnant women, this book provides a multi-disciplinary empirical account of pregnant embodiment and how it relates to wider sociological and feminist discourses about gender, bodies, 'fitness', 'fat', celebrity and motherhood.Introduction The Research Story Theories, Frameworks and Debates 'In-Between' Pregnant Bodies Visibly Pregnant Bodies Dressing and Maternity Fashion Eating for Two? Exercise ConclusionMEREDITH NASH is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Tasmania, Australia.