Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood by Lucy Jones

Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood

Lucy Jones

310 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender health history nature philosophy psychology science sociology challenging emotional informative medium-paced
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During pregnancy, childbirth, and early motherhood, women undergo a far-reaching physiological, psychological and social metamorphosis.There is no other time in a human's life course that entails such dramatic change-other than adolescence. And ye...

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