(Ad)dressing Pregnant Bodies in New Zealand
Clothing, fashion, subjectivities and spatialities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12292013 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robyn Longhurst (0000-0001-9192-0643, University of Waikato, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 433-446 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender Place & Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-369X • E-ISSN: 1360-0524 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09663690500356842 |
| OpenAlex | W2030646271 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 18 |
The article examines the ways in which pregnant women in the West use clothing as a means of constructing a range of complex and seemingly contradictory gendered subjectivities in public spaces. The article draws on interview data collected from 19 first-time pregnant women in Hamilton, New Zealand. These women were asked about maternity wear, body image, fashion, activities they had continued, reduced or stopped during pregnancy, and the places/spaces they occupied during pregnancy. The article focuses on four different ‘looks’ and subjectivities that pregnant women in this research tried on: the thrifty, self-sacrificing mother to be; the sexy, proud pregnant woman; the growing woman who fears her body will be read as fat; and the pregnant professional. For first time pregnant women making the transition to motherhood clothing the body can be a complex act. What women wear during pregnancy speaks volumes about their subjectivities—what they reveal, what they conceal, what images they create, for whom and where. Este artículo examina las maneras en que mujeres embarazadas en el Oriente utilizan ropas como medio de construir una gama de complejo y evidentemente contradictorio subjetividades de género en espacios públicos. Este artículo emplea información se dedujo de 19 entrevistas de mujeres se embarazan por primera vez en la ciudad de Hamilton, Nueva Zelanda. Se preguntaron estas mujeres sobre ropas maternidades; sus imágenes de cuerpos; moda; las actividades normales ellas han continuado, reducido o detenido; y los lugares/espacios ellas ocuparon durante sus embarazos. Este artículo enfoca las 4 ‘apariencias’ diferentes y los subjetividades que las mujeres embarazadas en esta investigación se han probado: la económica, abnegada, futura madre; la sexy, orgullosa mujer embarazada; la mujer engordada que tiene miedo de que su cuerpo se interpretaría como gordo; y la profesional embarazada. Para las mujeres embarazadas por primera vez y que hacen la transición a la ropa de maternidad, el cuerpo pueda ser un acto complejo. Lo que llevan las mujeres durante sus embarazos habla fuerte de sus subjetividades—lo que revelan, lo que ocultan, cuales imágenes crean, para quien y por donde
Art · Clothing · Humanities · Pregnancy · Sociology · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · History
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Constructions of Pregnant and Postnatal Embodiment across Three Generations
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Experiencing Parenthood, Care and Spaces of Hospitality
Unbearable Weight
The Spatial Imperative of Subjectivity
Shopping, Place and Identity
Bodies
Bjorn Again? Rethinking 70s Revivalism through the Reappropriation of 70s Clothing
Fashion and Anxiety
Veiled Meanings
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Through the Wardrobe
The Puppet Show
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Gap on the Map? Towards a Geography of Consumption and Identity
Markets, Design, and Local Agglomeration
Corporeographies' of Pregnancy
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Gender Shows
| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |