Jennifer Scuro

The Pregnancy [does-not-equal] Childbearing Project (eBook, ePUB)

A Phenomenology of Miscarriage

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What does pregnancy mean when it does not lead to the birth of a child? Through personal experience via graphic novel and with a corresponding philosophical analysis, The Pregnancy ¿ Childbearing Project narrates and assesses the alternative values possible in miscarriage, a.k.a., the failed pregnancy. Having shared in both experiences - miscarriage and childbirth - solidarity among women must be possible. All pregnancies lead to a kind of 'emptying out' - a loss - whether wanted or unwanted, with or without a child.

Often, after miscarriage, people say, 'just try again.' What then for the work of grief? How do you get over what you cannot get over? The kind of loss in the experience of miscarriage is not socially or culturally recognized as a kind of death. The Pregnancy ¿ Childbearing Project seeks solidarity among women who have known pregnancy independent of the politics and rhetoric of pro-life discourse, and in doing so, holds the pro-life agenda accountable for the silencing of women, arguing that alienates them from each other and their own experiences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786602947
• Artikelnr.: 47698897

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Scuro has a B.F.A. in Painting and Sculpture from St. John's University, a MA in Philosophy from Boston College and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from The New School for Social Research. She is Associate Professor of Philosophy and former Chair of the Philosophy & Religious Studies Department at The College of New Rochelle in New York. She continues to work on her art while teaching undergraduate courses in global and applied Ethics, Feminist Theory, and Environmental Studies. She wrote the final chapter, "Theory Can Heal," for the anthology Why Race and Gender Still Matter (Yount et al., Pickering & Chatto, 2014). Her most recent research is in Disability Studies and her book Addressing Ableism: Philosophical Meditations through Disability Studies is forthcoming with Lexington Press

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to The Pregnancy ¿ Childbearing Project
Acknowledgements
Part One: Miscarriage or Abortion? (Or, #shoutingmyabortion in a graphic novel)
Part Two: An Interlude on Philosophical Allegory
Part Three: A Phenomenological Reading of Miscarriage
Part Four: Griefwork: How do you get over what you cannot get over?
Work Cited
Index