Biotourist Performances
Doing Parenting during the Ultrasound
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8073010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlotte Kroløkke (0000-0002-9264-5265, corresponding author), Charlotte H Kroløkke |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-36 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Text and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10462937.2010.524708 |
| OpenAlex | W2334507610 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 11 |
This essay explores the prenatal ultrasound session as a stage for biotourist performances. Ultrasound sonographers effectively transform the fetus into an entertaining baby, the uterus into a loving, nurturing home, and clients into parents and families. Biotourist performances are discussed in light of three performances: conventional, cynical or post-tourist, and resistant. Attention is paid to gender performativity and the playful, stereotypical assignment of sex that unfolds during the ultrasound session. The author concludes that prospective parents rehearse conventional scripts upon this stage directed by the midwife or sonographer
Fetus · Obstetrics · Performativity · Pregnancy · Prenatal diagnosis · Prenatal ultrasound · Radiology · Session (web analytics · Sociology · Sonographer · Ultrasound · Computer Science · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Medicine · Psychology · Travel Writing and Literature · Gender Studies
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |