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ToolsDosani, Sabina (2025) Products of conception: Imaging and imagining maternal–fetal relationships. Journal of Medical Humanities. ISSN 1041-3545
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When my pregnancies ended in silence in an ultrasound suite, I was left with many questions that my medical training did not help me to answer. To investigate what an ultrasonically imaged embryo might represent in obstetric and maternal contexts, I turned to novels and memoirs, where I discovered that new traditions of writing about miscarriage and ultrasound are being crafted. In this paper, I consider the ghostly motifs in depictions of obstetric ultrasound in three contemporary works: Queenie (2019) by Candice Carty-Williams; Hilary Mantel’s memoir, Giving up the Ghost (2013); and Maggie O’Farrell’s personal essay “Baby and Bloodstream,” from I am, I am, I am: Seventeen Brushes with Death (2017). In each text, the ultrasound is a contested site where obstetric and maternal miscarriage narratives collide.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ghost,maternal attachment,miscarriage,obstetric,scan,ultrasound,health(social science),health policy,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3306 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Apr 2025 14:32 |
| Last Modified: | 05 May 2025 00:10 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/99140 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10912-025-09940-x |
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