Conceiving Histories Trying for Pregnancy, Past and Present
Innbundet /
2025
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780262049481
Publisert
2025-03-04
Utgiver
MIT Press Ltd; MIT Press
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
360
Om bidragsyterne
Isabel Davis leads a research theme on Collections and Culture at the Natural History Museum in London, and she is Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, and Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading.Anna Burel is a London-based artist and illustrator whose artwork encompasses textiles, sculpture, drawing, photography, and collage. Her work investigates the female bodily experience through an exploration of history and traditional storytelling like myth and fairytale.
Isabel and Anna have worked together since 2015, holding an exhibition of their work in London in 2017.
“Davis resists a chronological narrative or overarching argument. She wants to reject the idea that the story of conception has a predictable plot. The dreamy, associative nature of the book sinks the reader into the uncertain and indeterminate state of trying to conceive, of early pregnancy, of miscarriage.” <br /><b><i>– London Review of Books</i></b>
A rich account of trying to conceive in past and present. In the author s words, 'a playful antidote and supplement to Google the resort of so many embroiled in fertility struggle'
A rich account of trying to conceive in past and present. In the author s words, a playful antidote and supplement to Google the resort of so many embroiled in fertility struggle
Contents
Introduction Annunciations
1 Frogs: What your Sex Ed Never Taught You
2 Pads: How to Join the Bump Club
3 Broody Mary: Narrating the In-Between
4 Wind and Waves: How to Self-Help
5 Credit: How the Money Rolls Out
6 Jeux d’esprit: Testing the Limits
7 Wind-Eggs: Conceiving of Things
Conclusion Seeing the Unbecoming
Historical Figures
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction Annunciations
1 Frogs: What your Sex Ed Never Taught You
2 Pads: How to Join the Bump Club
3 Broody Mary: Narrating the In-Between
4 Wind and Waves: How to Self-Help
5 Credit: How the Money Rolls Out
6 Jeux d’esprit: Testing the Limits
7 Wind-Eggs: Conceiving of Things
Conclusion Seeing the Unbecoming
Historical Figures
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780262049481
Publisert
2025-03-04
Utgiver
MIT Press Ltd; MIT Press
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
360
Om bidragsyterne
Isabel Davis leads a research theme on Collections and Culture at the Natural History Museum in London, and she is Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, and Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading.Anna Burel is a London-based artist and illustrator whose artwork encompasses textiles, sculpture, drawing, photography, and collage. Her work investigates the female bodily experience through an exploration of history and traditional storytelling like myth and fairytale.
Isabel and Anna have worked together since 2015, holding an exhibition of their work in London in 2017.