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JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ETHNOGRAPHY
卷 32, 期 6, 页码 670-692出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0891241603257596
关键词
postpartum; pregnancy; gender; body; identity loss
This article is an ethnographic look at the importance of control of the female body in contemporary U.S. society. Specifically, this article examines how the idea of getting the body back is significant in the lives of postpartum women. The authors highlight how pregnancy signifies a state of being out of control, particularly for women involved in the paid labor force, and the struggle to reassert and literally regain particular identities after childbirth is paramount but given less attention. The authors interviewed and observed women in a semiurban area in the Midwest who were pregnant or recently gave birth. They found that for women who already are forced to negotiate boundaries when pregnant, there is a particular imperative to regain ownership of a postpartum body. Drawing upon narratives from these women, this article contributes to discourse on the body and the contradictory messages women receive about the flexibility of identity.
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