Based on interviews with pregnant women, this book provides a multi-disciplinary empirical account of pregnant embodiment and how it relates to wider sociological and feminist discourses about gender, bodies, 'fitness', 'fat', celebrity and motherhood.

Autorentext
MEREDITH NASH is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

Inhalt
Introduction The Research Story Theories, Frameworks and Debates 'In-Between' Pregnant Bodies Visibly Pregnant Bodies Dressing and Maternity Fashion Eating for Two? Exercise Conclusion