Pregnant Pictures
By Sandra Matthews, Laura Wexler
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-90449-0
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 26th July 2000
- Pages: 272
About the Book
In this dazzling collection of over 200 photos of pregnant women taken from art libraries, childbirth manuals, maternity ads, contemporary art, and personal albums, the authors explore the paradox between image and reality. The photos illuminate how society creates feminine roles through the institution of pregnancy-and how women resist such roles.
About the Author(s)
Sandra Matthews is a writer and photographer. Essays of hers have appeared in
Afterimage and
Exposure, and her photographs have been exhibited internationally. She is also Associate Professor of Film and Photography at Hampshire College.
Laura Wexler is Associate Professor of American Studies and Women's Studies at Yale University. She is the author of the forthcoming
Tender Violence: Domestic Images in an Age of U.S. Imperialism.
