'To make it through each day still pregnant': Pregnancy bed rest and the disciplining of the maternal body

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-221

  Cristina Alcalde, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed rest; Confinement; Discipline; Marginalization; Medicalization; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053231541     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: 14653869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2011.593321     Document Type: Article

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