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This Giving Birth: Pregnancy and Childbirth in American Women's Writing

This Giving Birth: Pregnancy and Childbirth in American Women's Writing

Tharp, Julie

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Literary CriticismGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0879728086
ISBN13: 9780879728083
Publisher: Univ Of Wisconsin Pr
Published: Jan 1 2000
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.08
Language: English
Compelling essays which underline the central place pregnancy and childbirth hold in women's writing. Embracing three centuries of prose and poetry, the anthology traces the evolution of American maternity literature, exploring the difficulties mothers faced as they struggled to transform themselves from objects into maternal subjects. Women as diverse as Anne Bradstreet, Anne Sexton, Sharon Olds, Kate Chopin, Toni Morrison, and Louise Erdrich all labored to reclaim the birthing process by giving voice to experiences and emotions long devalued by a patriarchal culture. Their voices resonate throughout this collection.

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