Militarized Maternity: Experiencing Pregnancy in the U.S. Armed Forces

Author:   Megan D. McFarlane
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520344693


Pages:   262
Publication Date:   08 April 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Megan D. McFarlane
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780520344693


ISBN 10:   0520344693
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   08 April 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Acknowledgments 1. Examining the Pregnancy Continuum in the U.S. Military 2. Contextualizing Military Maternity Experiences 3. Hyperplanning Pregnancies 4. Performing Macho Maternity 5. Negotiating Postpartum Policies 6. Redefining Military Maternity  Appendix A Research Participants: Demographics Appendix B Profiles: Enlisted Servicewomen Appendix C Profiles: Female Officers Notes Bibliography Index

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This book will be of interest to readers who examine gender and the military as well as issues related to gender and work, pregnancy discrimination, and masculinity and femininity more broadly. McFarlane also creates a useful conceptual framework that she labels the 'continuum of maternity' which understands maternity including pre-pregnancy and pregnancy planning phases, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and postpartum mothering. This framework not only shows how different maternity phases shape and constrain women's lives and workplace experiences but also reveals the importance of policies and benefits at each stage and could easily be applied to other workplaces. * Gender and Society *


"""This book will be of interest to readers who examine gender and the military as well as issues related to gender and work, pregnancy discrimination, and masculinity and femininity more broadly. McFarlane also creates a useful conceptual framework that she labels the ‘continuum of maternity’ which understands maternity including pre-pregnancy and pregnancy planning phases, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and postpartum mothering. This framework not only shows how different maternity phases shape and constrain women’s lives and workplace experiences but also reveals the importance of policies and benefits at each stage and could easily be applied to other workplaces."" * Gender and Society *"


Author Information

Megan D. McFarlane is Assistant Professor of Communication at Marymount University. Her books include The Rhetorical Invention of America's National Security State and Cultural Rhetorics of American Exceptionalism and the bin Laden Raid. 

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