Conceiving Histories
Trying for Pregnancy, Past and Present
$82.85
- Hardcover
360 pages
- Release Date
25 March 2025
Summary
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of trying to conceive in both the past and the present.
Inspired by the author’s own experiences, Conceiving Histories brings together history, personal memoir, and illustration to investigate the culturally hidden experience of trying to conceive. In elegant, engaging prose, Isabel Davis explores the combination of myth, fantasy, science, and pseudo-science that the (un)reproductive body encounters in pursuit of a viable preg…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262049481 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262049481 |
| Author: | Isabel Davis, Anna Burel |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Release Date: | 25 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm |
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Critics Review
“Davis resists a chronological narrative or overarching argument. She wants to reject the idea that the story of conception has a predictable plot. The dreamy, associative nature of the book sinks the reader into the uncertain and indeterminate state of trying to conceive, of early pregnancy, of miscarriage.” – London Review of Books
About The Author
Isabel Davis
Isabel Davis leads a research theme on Collections and Culture at the Natural History Museum in London, and she is Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, and Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading.
Anna Burel is a London-based artist and illustrator whose artwork encompasses textiles, sculpture, drawing, photography, and collage. Her work investigates the female bodily experience through an exploration of history and traditional storytelling like myth and fairytale.
Isabel and Anna have worked together since 2015, holding an exhibition of their work in London in 2017.
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