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Author Gross, Harriet.

Title Sanctioning pregnancy : a psychological perspective on the paradoxes and culture of research / Harriet Gross & Helen Pattison
Published Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Routledge, 2007

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Description xii, 177 pages
Series Women and psychology
Women and psychology.
Contents 1. Introduction : pregnancy in context -- 2. Paradoxes of pregnancy -- 3. Cognition in pregnancy -- 4. Being pregnant at work : pregnancy and employment -- 5. Eating for one or eating for two : diet and eating behaviour in pregnancy -- 6. Keeping active : daily activity and exercise in pregnancy -- 7. Pregnancy under surveillance -- 8. Epilogue : is pregnancy special?
Summary "Sanctioning Pregnancy offers a critique of sociocultural constructions of pregnancy and the ways in which it is represented in contemporary culture, and examines the common myths which exist about diet, exercise and work in pregnancy, alongside notions or risk and media portrayals of pregnant women." "Different theoretical standpoints are critically examined, including a medico-scientific model, feminist perspectives and bio-psychosocial and psychodynamic approaches."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page) and index
Subject Pregnancy -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Prenatal care -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Pregnancy -- Great Britain -- Psychological aspects.
Author Pattison, Helen, 1955-
LC no. 2006034908
ISBN 041521159X
0415211603
9780415211604