Reproduction, Kin and Climate Crisis: Making Bushfire Babies - Softcover

Roberts, Celia; Lou Rasmussen, Mary; Allen, Louisa; Williamson, Rebecca

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1529226856 ISBN 13: 9781529226850

Publisher: Bristol University Press, 2023

Synopsis

What is it like to have a baby in climate crisis?

This book explores the experiences of pregnant women and their partners, pre- and post-birth, during the catastrophic Australian bushfire season of 2019-20 and the subsequent COVID-19 pandemic. Engaging a range of concepts, including the Pyrocene, breath, care and embodiment, the authors explore how climate crisis is changing experiences of having children. They also raise questions about how gender and sexuality are shaped by histories of human engagements with fire.

This interdisciplinary analysis brings feminist and queer questions about reproduction and kin into debates on contemporary planetary crises.

About this title

About the Authors

Celia Roberts is Professor at Australian National University.

Mary Lou Rasmussen is Professor at Australian National University.

Louisa Allen is Professor at University of Auckland.

Rebecca Williamson is Researcher at Australian National University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529226856
• ISBN 13: 9781529226850
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222