Reproduction, Kin and Climate Crisis: Making Bushfire Babies

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Celia Roberts (Australian National University) Mary Lou Rasmussen (Australian National University)

Reproduction, Kin and Climate Crisis

Making Bushfire Babies

Celia Roberts (Australian National University), Mary Lou Rasmussen (Australian National University), Louisa Allen (University of Auckland) , Rebecca Williamson (Australian National University)

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English

Bristol University Press
29 September 2023

Social theory; Sociology: family & relationships; Environmentalist thought & ideology

Exploring the impact of climate change and the pandemic on people's decisions to form families and their experience of having children, this book makes a valuable contribution to debates on contemporary planetary crises.

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.

By: Celia Roberts (Australian National University), Mary Lou Rasmussen (Australian National University), Louisa Allen (University of Auckland), Rebecca Williamson (Australian National University)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529226850
ISBN 10: 1529226856
Pages: 212
Publication Date: 29 September 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Interleave 1 1 Reproducing in Climate Crisis Interleave 2 2. Methods in Crisis Interleave 3 3. Breath, Breathing and 'Mum-Guilt' Interleave 4 4. Smoke, Machines and Public Health Interleave 5 5. Kin, Care and Crises Interleave 6 6. Pyro-Reproductive Futures Interleave 7 7. Making Bushfire Babies

Celia Roberts is Professor at the Australian National University. Mary Lou Rasmussen is Professor at the Australian National University. Louisa Allen is Professor at the University of Auckland. Rebecca Williamson is Researcher at the Australian National University.