Jerika Sanderson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6728248 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jerika Sanderson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jerika |
| FAMILY NAME | Sanderson |
| SIGNATURE | SANDERSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | English Language and Literature, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7195-6515 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Making Modern Maternity
The highest in each class was a twilight baby”
In the early twentieth century, childbirth was increasingly being viewed as a medical experience in North America. Women were encouraged to engage with 'scientific motherhood' by adhering to medical advice and undergoing the latest medical and technological interventions. Two movements simultaneously emerged that engaged with scientific motherhood: the positive eugenics movement, which sought to encourage reproduction among specific groups, and t…
“Modern neurotic women” and the pains of childbirth
This article positions Sophie Treadwell’s depiction of maternity and hospital-based childbirth in Machinal (1928) as a crucial though underexplored dimension of the expressionistic play’s feminist social critique. Our argument focuses on the fourth of nine episodes, “Maternal,” and reads the protagonist’s traumatic postpartum experience alongside and in the context of contemporary media, medical, and literary publications that articulate emerging…
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“Modern neurotic women” and the pains of childbirth
This article positions Sophie Treadwell’s depiction of maternity and hospital-based childbirth in Machinal (1928) as a crucial though underexplored dimension of the expressionistic play’s feminist social critique. Our argument focuses on the fourth of nine episodes, “Maternal,” and reads the protagonist’s traumatic postpartum experience alongside and in the context of contemporary media, medical, and literary publications that articulate emerging…
Making Modern Maternity
The highest in each class was a twilight baby”
In the early twentieth century, childbirth was increasingly being viewed as a medical experience in North America. Women were encouraged to engage with 'scientific motherhood' by adhering to medical advice and undergoing the latest medical and technological interventions. Two movements simultaneously emerged that engaged with scientific motherhood: the positive eugenics movement, which sought to encourage reproduction among specific groups, and t…
History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · American History and Culture (1 work) · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing (1 work) · Canadian Identity and History (1 work)