{"product_id":"designing-motherhood-things-that-make-and-break-our-births","title":"Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break Our Births, Michelle Millar Fisher and Amber Winick","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile birth often brings great joy, making babies is a knotty enterprise. The designed objects that surround us when it comes to menstruation, birth control, conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and early motherhood vary as oddly, messily, and dramatically as the stereotypes suggest. This smart, image-rich, fashion-forward, and design-driven book explores more than eighty designs—iconic, conceptual, archaic, titillating, emotionally charged, or just plain strange—that have defined the relationships between people and babies during the past century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEach object tells a story. In striking images and engaging text, Designing Motherhood unfolds the compelling design histories and real-world uses of the objects that shape our reproductive experiences. The authors investigate the baby carrier, from the Snugli to BabyBjörn, and the (re)discovery of the varied traditions of baby wearing; the tie-waist skirt, famously worn by a pregnant Lucille Ball on I Love Lucy, and essential for camouflaging and slowly normalising a public pregnancy; the home pregnancy kit, and its threat to the authority of male gynaecologists; and more. Memorable images—including historical ads, found photos, and drawings—illustrate the crucial role design and material culture plays throughout the arc of human reproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe book features a prologue by Erica Chidi and a foreword by Alexandra Lange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePublished by MIT Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e344 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e260 x 180 mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eISBN 9780262044899\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42053340594390,"sku":"DMMMFAW","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/products\/collid_books_covers_0_isbn_9780262044899_type.jpg?v=1636983423","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/it\/products\/designing-motherhood-things-that-make-and-break-our-births","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}