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On mothering multiples : complexities and possibilities / edited by Kathy Mantas.

Publication details: BRADFORD : DEMETER Press, 2016.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1772580473
  • 9781772580471
  • 177258049X
  • 9781772580495
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: On Mothering Multiples: Complexities and Possibilities.DDC classification:
  • 306.874/3 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ759 .O6265 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Opening; Chapter One: "Why Should We Not be Depressed?" A Population at Risk, and Problems with Traditional Understandings of Multiple Motherhood; Visual Interlude I; Chapter Two: A Glimpse into a Multiple Birth Mother's Life; Chapter Three: You're So Lucky; Chapter Four: A Triography of Polymaternity: Becoming Mamas to Triplets; Chapter Five: Notes from the Night Owl Feed; Visual Interlude II; Chapter Six: Art-i-facts: A Work in Progress
Chapter Seven: Congratulations and Condolences: Incorporating Burden, Love, and Community in Identifying as a Mom (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Twins)Chapter Eight: Surviving the Early Years: Parents of Multiples' Trials and Tribulations of Finding and Accessing Suitable and Affordable Childcare; Visual Interlude III; Chapter Nine: The Art of Twinning; Chapter Ten: Queer Parenting and the Revelation of Twins; Chapter Eleven: "Side by Side, Always and Forever"; Chapter Twelve: Tales of Survival from a Mother on the Edge: Listening to Love, Play, and Creativity
Chapter Thirteen: Naming the PlanetsChapter Fourteen: Milkshake Lovers, Unite! Performing Infant Feeding: A Narrative of Theory and Practice; Chapter Fifteen: Embryonic Motherhood: Interrogating the Rhetoric of Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technology, and Mothers of Multiples in Tabloid Culture; Closing; About the Contributors
Summary: There has been an increase of twin births and higher order multiple birth babies born in Canada and around the world in the past few decades. On Mothering Multiples: Complexities and Possibilities seeks to (re)explore, (re)present, and make meaning of the process of conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering experiences with multiples. It features a collection of scholarly, creative non-fiction, and visual essays from a wide range of disciplines and cultural perspectives. Additionally, these scholarly and more artful accounts contribute to a body of literature that although present is al.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Opening; Chapter One: "Why Should We Not be Depressed?" A Population at Risk, and Problems with Traditional Understandings of Multiple Motherhood; Visual Interlude I; Chapter Two: A Glimpse into a Multiple Birth Mother's Life; Chapter Three: You're So Lucky; Chapter Four: A Triography of Polymaternity: Becoming Mamas to Triplets; Chapter Five: Notes from the Night Owl Feed; Visual Interlude II; Chapter Six: Art-i-facts: A Work in Progress

Chapter Seven: Congratulations and Condolences: Incorporating Burden, Love, and Community in Identifying as a Mom (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Twins)Chapter Eight: Surviving the Early Years: Parents of Multiples' Trials and Tribulations of Finding and Accessing Suitable and Affordable Childcare; Visual Interlude III; Chapter Nine: The Art of Twinning; Chapter Ten: Queer Parenting and the Revelation of Twins; Chapter Eleven: "Side by Side, Always and Forever"; Chapter Twelve: Tales of Survival from a Mother on the Edge: Listening to Love, Play, and Creativity

Chapter Thirteen: Naming the PlanetsChapter Fourteen: Milkshake Lovers, Unite! Performing Infant Feeding: A Narrative of Theory and Practice; Chapter Fifteen: Embryonic Motherhood: Interrogating the Rhetoric of Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technology, and Mothers of Multiples in Tabloid Culture; Closing; About the Contributors

There has been an increase of twin births and higher order multiple birth babies born in Canada and around the world in the past few decades. On Mothering Multiples: Complexities and Possibilities seeks to (re)explore, (re)present, and make meaning of the process of conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering experiences with multiples. It features a collection of scholarly, creative non-fiction, and visual essays from a wide range of disciplines and cultural perspectives. Additionally, these scholarly and more artful accounts contribute to a body of literature that although present is al.

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