A01=Linda L. Layne
Author_Linda L. Layne
Babies Die
Baby Things
bereaved
Bereaved Parents
Birthing Center
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Ectopic Pregnancy
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Eternal Flame
experience
Fetal Personhood
Good Bye Baby
group
groups
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
image
Incompetent Cervix
Infant Death
loss
Memorial Gifts
Memorial Jewelry
Molar Pregnancies
Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis
parents
pregnancy
Pregnancy Loss
Pregnancy Loss Support Groups
Share Survey
sonogram
Sonogram Image
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
support
Teddy Bear
UN
West Germany
White Cells
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415911498
- Weight: 840g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 Nov 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Nearly 20% of all pregnancies in the U.S. end in miscarriage or stillbirth. Yet pregnancy loss is seldom acknowledged and rarely discussed. Opening the topic to a thoughtful and informed discussion, Linda Layne takes a historical look at pregnancy loss in America, reproductive technologies and the cultural responses surrounding miscarriage. Examining both support groups and the rituals they create to help couples through loss, her analysis offers valuable insight on how material culture contributes to conceptions of personhood. A fascinating examination, Motherhood Lost is also a provocative challenge to feminists and other activists to increase awareness and provide necessary support for this often hidden but critically important topic.
Linda L. Layne is Hale Professor of Anthropology and Director of Graduate Studies on the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
