(M)otherhood: On the choices of being a woman by Pragya Agarwal Hardcover Book

Description: (M)otherhood by Pragya Agarwal Part memoir and reflective analysis, Pragya Agarwal examines motherhood and fertility and how it shapes all our lives. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In a world where women have more choices than ever, society nevertheless continues to exert the stigma and pressures of less enlightened times when it comes to childbirth, defining women by whether they embrace or reject motherhood, and whether they can have children or not.Dr Pragya Agarwal uses her own varied experiences and choices around motherhood to examine the broader societal and scientific factors that drive how we think and talk about this issue - including education, economic status, feminism, race and more.Extremely open in its honesty and meticulously researched, (M)otherhood makes a powerful argument for the need to tackle societys obsession with womens bodies and fertility - and urgently.Brilliant, brave, beautiful ... such an inspiring book - Elif ShafakIntimate and insightful, Pragya Agarwal expands the meaning of the word motherhood in this brilliant book. This is urgent, essential reading for everyone. - Avni Doshi Author Biography Dr Pragya Agarwal is a behavioural and data scientist. After her PhD from the University of Nottingham, she was a senior academic in US and UK universities for over twelve years and held the prestigious Leverhulme Fellowship. As well as numerous research papers, she is the author of Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias and Wish We Knew What to Say: Talking with Children about Race. A passionate campaigner for racial and gender equality, Pragya is a two-time TEDx speaker, a TEDx Women organiser and the founder of a research think-tank The 50 Percent Project. As a freelance journalist, she writes regularly for the Guardian, Prospect, Forbes, Huffington Post, BBC Science Focus, Scientific American and New Scientist amongst others. In 2018, Pragya was the winner of the Diverse Wisdom Writing award from Hay House Publishing and was named as one of the 100 influential women in social enterprise in the UK, and one of 50 people creating change in the UK-India corridor.@DrPragyaAgarwal | drpragyaagarwal.com Review (M)otherhood is a wide ranging, searingly honest, and timely intervention into the framing of a fundamental and fraught choice, as well as an impassioned defence of ambivalence as part of the human condition. - Olivia Sudjic A book about the disparate forces of duty, stereotypes, pressure, double standards and expectations forced upon women, Agarwal cuts through all of it to examine the multiplicity and complexity of motherhood in all its myriad forms. A moving, urgent and necessary read, ultimately, it is a book about love. - Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project & author of Men Who Hate Women Courageous, tender, painfully resonant and beautifully written - this is such a wise and generous exploration of womanhood and identity, and deserves to be read as widely as possible. - Daisy Buchanan This exceptional book combines the clarity and rigour of an academic text with the compelling and beautiful storytelling of a novel - an important, generous and profoundly wise consideration of motherhood, including the choice not to be a mother. - Heidi James, author of The Sound Mirror Thought-provoking and important. As always Agarwal delves into her self, as well as rigorous research, to open our minds - Sara Pascoe Absolutely sensational. Revelatory and of its time, challenging myths and ingrained perceptions. I cannot put it down. Everyone should read this. - Michael Cashman CBE, co-founder of Stonewall (M)otherhood is a valuable step towards a literature that acknowledges the breadth and variety of the parenting experience and its cultural meanings. It is touchingly personal and brave. - Angela Saini, author of Superior: The Return of Race Science The book on motherhood we have all been waiting for. Pragya has written an essential and deeply moving memoir whose time has come. - Sonia Faleiro, author of The Good Girls Ive never really read anything like it. It is the first book that makes me feel included for my choice not to pursue having children. And another part of me that was concerned about what we hand on to the next generation is a little bit more at rest knowing this book is written. A work of breath-taking generosity. - Helen Bagnall, Salon London Long Description Part memoir and reflective analysis, Pragya Agarwal examines motherhood and fertility and how it shapes all our lives. In a world where women have more choices than ever, society nevertheless continues to exert the stigma and pressures of less enlightened times when it comes to childbirth, defining women by whether they embrace or reject motherhood, and whether they can have children or not. Dr Pragya Agarwal uses her own varied experiences and choices around motherhood to examine the broader societal and scientific factors that drive how we think and talk about this issue - including education, economic status, feminism, race and more. Extremely open in its honesty and meticulously researched, (M)otherhood makes a powerful argument for the need to tackle societys obsession with womens bodies and fertility - and urgently. Brilliant, brave, beautiful ... such an inspiring book - Elif Shafak Intimate and insightful, Pragya Agarwal expands the meaning of the word motherhood in this brilliant book. This is urgent, essential reading for everyone. - Avni Doshi Review Text (M)otherhood is a wide ranging, searingly honest, and timely intervention into the framing of a fundamental and fraught choice, as well as an impassioned defence of ambivalence as part of the human condition. - Olivia Sudjic A book about the disparate forces of duty, stereotypes, pressure, double standards and expectations forced upon women, Agarwal cuts through all of it to examine the multiplicity and complexity of motherhood in all its myriad forms. A moving, urgent and necessary read, ultimately, it is a book about love. - Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project & author of Men Who Hate Women Courageous, tender, painfully resonant and beautifully written - this is such a wise and generous exploration of womanhood and identity, and deserves to be read as widely as possible. - Daisy Buchanan This exceptional book combines the clarity and rigour of an academic text with the compelling and beautiful storytelling of a novel - an important, generous and profoundly wise consideration of motherhood, including the choice not to be a mother. - Heidi James, author of The Sound Mirror Thought-provoking and important. As always Agarwal delves into her self, as well as rigorous research, to open our minds - Sara Pascoe Absolutely sensational. Revelatory and of its time, challenging myths and ingrained perceptions. I cannot put it down. Everyone should read this. - Michael Cashman CBE, co-founder of Stonewall (M)otherhood is a valuable step towards a literature that acknowledges the breadth and variety of the parenting experience and its cultural meanings. It is touchingly personal and brave. - Angela Saini, author of Superior: The Return of Race Science The book on motherhood we have all been waiting for. Pragya has written an essential and deeply moving memoir whose time has come. - Sonia Faleiro, author of The Good Girls Ive never really read anything like it. It is the first book that makes me feel included for my choice not to pursue having children. And another part of me that was concerned about what we hand on to the next generation is a little bit more at rest knowing this book is written. A work of breath-taking generosity. - Helen Bagnall, Salon London Review Quote Praise for Sway: Agarwals diagnosis of the political harms of bias is passionate and urgent Promotional "Headline" Part memoir and reflective analysis, Pragya Agarwal examines motherhood and fertility and how it shapes all our lives Details ISBN1838853162 Author Pragya Agarwal Year 2021 ISBN-10 1838853162 ISBN-13 9781838853167 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2021-06-03 Pages 384 UK Release Date 2021-06-03 Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-06-03 Illustrations No Imprint Canongate Books Publisher Canongate Books Subtitle On the choices of being a woman Edition Description Main DEWEY 306.8743 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education NZ Release Date 2021-09-13 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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