This Giving Birth

Pregnancy and Childbirth in American Women's Writing

By: Julie Tharp (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 January 2000

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Compelling essays which underline the central place pregnancy and childbirth hold in women's writing. Embracing three centuries of prose and poetry, the anthology traces the evolution of American maternity literature, exploring the difficulties mothers faced as they struggled to transform themselves from objects into maternal subjects. Women as diverse as Anne Bradstreet, Anne Sexton, Sharon Olds, Kate Chopin, Toni Morrison, and Louise Erdrich all labored to reclaim the birthing process by giving voice to experiences and emotions long devalued by a patriarchal culture. Their voices resonate throughout this collection.

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Cultural Studies Popular Culture Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature General Literary Studies Family & Health Parenting: Advice & Issues Pregnancy, Birth & Baby Care Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies

Regional Studies Social Groups Gender Studies Gender Studies: Women and Girls

Introduction	p. 1
The Circular Journey of Poetry and Children	p. 9
Bringing Forth Life from Body to Text: the Reclamation of Childbirth in Women's Literature	p. 19
Claiming Our Birth-Write: the Poetry of American Mothers	p. 39
Thirty-Nine Weeks: Pregnancy and Birth Imagery in Kate Chopin's the Awakening	p. 55
Southern Conceptions: Feminist Procreation in Julia Peterkin's Scarlet Sister Mary and Frances Newman' S the Hard-Boiled Virgin	p. 67
Maternal Conceptions in Toni Morrison's the Bluest Eye and Tar Baby: """"A Woman Has to Be a Daughter Before She Can Be Any Kind of Woman""""	p. 83
Seeds of Shame or Seeds of Change? When Daughters Give Birth to Their Fathers' Children	p. 103
Into the Birth House with Louise Erdrich	p. 125
Some Epic Use for My Excellent Body: Redefining Childbirth as Heroic in Beloved and """"The Language of the Brag""""	p. 141
The Birth of New Languages	p. 157
Contributors	p. 173
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