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Maternal Imagery

Maternal Imagery is a thematic and symbolic construct in feminist art that represents and reclaims the visual and conceptual representations of motherhood, emphasizing female bodily experience, reproductive labor, and emotional subjectivity as central, authoritative sources of knowledge and artistic expression.

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3.7K

Citations

122

Authors

62

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

78

Fetal Images: The Power of Visual Culture in the Politics of Reproduction

Rosalind Pollack Petchesky · Feminist Studies · 1987 · 660 citations

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Mothers' neural activation in response to pictures of their children and other children

Ellen Leibenluft, M. Ida Gobbini, Tara Harrison et al. · Biological Psychiatry · 2004 · 499 citations

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Carry on Caring: the work of women teachers

Sandra Acker · British Journal of Sociology of Education · 1995 · 194 citations

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First Things: The Maternal Imaginary in Literature, Art, and Psychoanalysis

Mary Orr, Mary Jacobus · The Modern Language Review · 1999 · 96 citations

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The externality of the inside: body images of pregnancy

Virginia Schmied, Deborah Lupton · Nursing Inquiry · 2001 · 91 citations

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Authors

122

  1. CD
    carol duncan

    Ramapo College, United States

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  2. RB
    Rosemary Betterton

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 72 citations

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  3. MN
    Meredith Nash

    University of Tasmania, Australia

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  4. SC
    Stephen C. Cappannari

    1 publications · 43 citations

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  5. TS
    Talia S Marmon

    Fordham University, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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Institutions

62

  1. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    39 citations

  2. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

  3. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  4. College of New Jersey

    Ewing, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

  5. Ramapo College

    Mahwah, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

  6. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    127 citations

  7. ORCID

    Bethesda, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  8. National Institute of Mental Health

    Bethesda, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    1.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 196 citations

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  2. The Art Bulletin

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  3. Feminist Studies

    FS · 2 publications · 678 citations

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  4. The Modern Language Review

    2 publications · 164 citations

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  5. Health Sociology Review

    2 publications · 39 citations

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