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The Zero Trimester: Pre-Pregnancy Care and the Politics of Reproductive Risk
Miranda Waggoner
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Description for The Zero Trimester: Pre-Pregnancy Care and the Politics of Reproductive Risk
Paperback. A healthy pregnancy is now defined well before pregnancy even begins. This book examines the dramatic shift in ideas about reproductive risk and birth outcomes over the last several decades, unearthing how these ideas intersect with the politics of women's health and motherhood at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 292 pages, 2 line drawings and 3 halftones, scattered. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
A healthy pregnancy is now defined well before pregnancy even begins. Public health messages promote pre-pregnancy health and health care by encouraging reproductive-age women to think of themselves as mothers before they think of themselves as women. This happens despite little evidence that such an approach improves maternal and child health. This book examines the dramatic shift in ideas about reproductive risk and birth outcomes over the last several decades, unearthing how these ideas intersect with the politics of women's health and motherhood at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
A healthy pregnancy is now defined well before pregnancy even begins. Public health messages promote pre-pregnancy health and health care by encouraging reproductive-age women to think of themselves as mothers before they think of themselves as women. This happens despite little evidence that such an approach improves maternal and child health. This book examines the dramatic shift in ideas about reproductive risk and birth outcomes over the last several decades, unearthing how these ideas intersect with the politics of women's health and motherhood at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520288072
SKU
V9780520288072
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About Miranda Waggoner
Miranda R. Waggoner is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida State University.
Reviews for The Zero Trimester: Pre-Pregnancy Care and the Politics of Reproductive Risk
A sophisticated study not only of a new medical trend, but also of a contemporary result of a century-old construction of modern pregnancy, modern motherhood and women's health care.
Social History of Medicine (08/06/2018) Waggoner's analysis is clear, compelling, and richly documented.
Medical Anthropology Quarterly
Social History of Medicine (08/06/2018) Waggoner's analysis is clear, compelling, and richly documented.
Medical Anthropology Quarterly