Natal Signs
Intro -- NATAL SIGNS: Cultural Representations of Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting -- Title Page -- Copyright Notice -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- NADYA BURTON Introduction -- 1. LOOKING AT PREGNANCY LAUREN CRUIKSHANK What to Expect When Your Avatar is Expecting Representations of Pregnancy and Birth in Video Games -- MICHELLE WALKS Masculine Pregnancy Butch Lesbians', Trans Men's & -- Genderqueer Individuals' Experiences1 -- K. J. SURKAN That Fat Man is Giving Birth Gender Identity, Reproduction and the Pregnant Body -- DAMIEN W. RIGGS AND DEBORAH DEMPSEY Gay Men's Narratives of Pregnancy in the Context of Commercial Surrogacy -- BRESCIA NEMBER REID Crone and Moon, Umbilical Cords/Blood Ties -- JENNIFER LONG Imminent -- ELIZABETH ALLEMANG Heroes and Villains Representations of Midwives in Ontario's Late Twentieth Century Midwifery Revival -- MARY SHARPE AND KORY MCGRATH Spacemaking and Midwifery With, Within, Without -- 2. LOOKING AT BIRTH CLAIRE DION FLETCHER AND CHERYLLEE BOURGEOIS Refusing Delinquency, Reclaiming Power Indigenous Women and Childbirth -- ALYS EINION Resistance and Submission A Critique of Representations of Birth -- ANNA HENNESSEY Representations of Birth and Motherhood as Contemporary Forms of the Sacred -- NATALIE JOLLY Does Labour Mean Work? A Look at the Meaning of Birth in Amish and Non-Amish Society -- JEANNE LYONS Representing Birth An Inquiry into Art Making and Birth Giving: Implications for Teaching Student Midwives -- MARNI KOTAK Birth is a Labour of Art -- ARA PARKER Split Open -- ROSIE ROSENZWEIG Flower of My Flesh -- SUSAN HOGAN, CHARLOTTE BAKER, SHELAGH CORNISH, PAULA MCCLOSKEY AND LISA WATTS Birth Shock Exploring Pregnancy, Birth, and the Transition to Motherhood Using Participatory Arts -- KORY MCGRATH AND LYNN FARRALES Making Meaning of Stillbirth.