Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Writing Birth-Asserting Rhetorical Agency -- 1. UNDERSTANDiNG BiRTH: Commonplaces of Modern American Childbirth Advice -- 2. INVENTiNG BiRTH: Rhetorics of Control and Resistance -- 3. CONFRONTiNG BiRTH: Rhetorical Disability and Five Women's Birth Plans -- 4. HOSTiNG BiRTH: Birth and Birth Stories over Time and Online -- 5. SHARiNG BiRTH: Catharsis, Commentary, and Testimonial in Online Birth Stories -- EPiLOGUE: Experiencing Birth -- APPENDIX A: SURVEY RECRUITMENT EMAIL
APPENDIX B: CHILDBIRTH WRITING SURVEYNOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- Author Biography -- Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms -- Other Books in the Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms Series -- Back Cover
