PREGNANT PICTURES; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Subject of Pregnancy; 2 The Labors of Art; 3 Family Photographs and the Pregant Pose; 4 Medical Imaging, Pregnancy and the Social Body; 5 Promoting Pregnancy: Instruction, Advertising and Public Policy; 6 From Fetal Icon to Pregnant Icon; Epilogue: Pregnant Pictures in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction; Notes; Permissions; Index
Summary
In this dazzling collection of over 200 photos of pregnant women taken from art libraries, childbirth manuals, maternity ads, contemporary art, and personal albums, the authors explore the paradox between image and reality. The photos illuminate how society creates feminine roles through the institution of pregnancy-and how women resist such roles
