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The existential crisis of motherhood [electronic resource] / Claire Arnold-Baker, editor.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Arnold-Baker, Claire (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Subjects:
Motherhood > Psychological aspects.
Motherhood > Philosophy.
Existentialism.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Part I Existential Crisis: The Philosophical Tensions of Being a Mother
  • 1 Introduction: The Existential Crisis of Motherhood
  • The Existential Crisis of Motherhood
  • Maternity as Life Crisis
  • Existential Crisis
  • Existential Re-Birth
  • Creating Existential Space
  • Developing an Existential Understanding of Motherhood
  • References
  • 2 Confronting Existence: The Existential Dimensions of Becoming a Mother
  • Introduction
  • The Physical Dimension or Umwelt.
  • Time and Temporarily: Living in the Present
  • Life and Death
  • The Social Dimension or Mitwelt
  • Developing a Relationship with Her Baby
  • Understanding Others
  • The Personal Dimension or Eigenwelt
  • Life Is Different
  • Adopting a Motherhood Identity
  • The Spiritual Dimension or Uberwelt
  • Responsibility
  • Worrying
  • Challenging Expectations and Facing the Unknown
  • The Ontological Structures of Motherhood
  • References
  • 3 The Corporeal Dimensions of Motherhood
  • Introduction
  • Loss of Corporeal Autonomy
  • Loss of Corporeal Integrity
  • Loss of Corporeal Identity.
  • The Embodied Dimensions of Breastfeeding
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 Existential Responsibility of Motherhood
  • Motherhood
  • Transition to Motherhood
  • Responsibility in the Physical Dimension
  • Responsibility in the Social Dimension
  • Responsibility in the Personal Dimension
  • Responsibility in the Spiritual Dimension
  • References
  • 5 The Existential Freedom of Mothers
  • References
  • 6 Engaging with Uncertainty and Unresolved Meanings During the Transition to Motherhood
  • Introduction
  • "A Narrative Analysis of New Mothers' Experiences of Not-Understanding"
  • Five Ways of Not-Understanding
  • From Disconnection to Bearing Witness: Chrissy's Story
  • Not-Understanding and Maternal Decision-Making
  • The Hermeneutic Choice
  • Not-Understanding and Decision-Making: Briony's Story
  • Not-Understanding in Order to Connect
  • Hannah's Story-Accepting Not-Understanding in Order to Connect
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Part II Maternal Mental Health Crisis: Understanding Maternal Mental Health from an Existential Perspective
  • 7 Through the Lens of Trauma: The Experience of Mothering a Very Premature Infant in the First Year After Hospital Discharge.
  • Introduction: Through the Lens of Trauma
  • The Second Set of Horror
  • Keeping the Baby Alive
  • Feeling like a Mother Came Later
  • A Shock Transition
  • Mothering on Autopilot
  • Bonding in the Shadow of the Threat of Loss
  • A Different Kind of Bond: The Tiger Mother Bond
  • Reciprocity in the Bonding Process
  • Mothering in the Wake of Trauma
  • Rooted in the Context of the NICU
  • Delayed Processing of the Trauma
  • Reconciling Joy and Loss
  • A Permanently Changed Worldview
  • References
  • 8 Postnatal Depression: An Existential Crisis?
  • Mortality and Thrownness.

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