Mapping Pregnancy Loss Around the Globe (Call for Book Chapters)
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Event: Call for Book Chapters
Pregnancy loss is a complex and debated issue that is drawing increasing public and political attention. Access to abortion—whether available or restricted—raises many personal, medical, legal, and ethical questions related to reproductive justice, women’s autonomy, health, human rights, feminism, and motherhood. Although many states and countries currently limit or ban elective abortion, topics like forced, spontaneous, therapeutic abortions, and stillbirths are still largely unspoken in society today. However, literary, cinematic, and artistic works about these experiences have increased over the past few decades, encouraging important discussions that connect both the humanities and medical humanities.
We are seeking contributions that explore all aspects of pregnancy loss: abortion—elective, forced, spontaneous, and therapeutic—as well as stillbirth, emphasizing its complexity and diversity. How do literature, film, visual art, and social media depict and examine the various experiences of pregnancy loss? In what ways does media coverage influence public perception of abortion, miscarriage, and perinatal loss? We welcome contributions that explore both the practical and theoretical dimensions of these representations, as well as how the humanities connect with the medical field to address human and environmental needs. Interdisciplinary approaches and transnational perspectives are encouraged.
We especially invite contributions on pregnancy loss in literature, visual arts, or social media from Africa, Latin America, and Oceania.
Scholars interested in participating are invited to submit their proposals in English, including a title, a 250-word abstract, and a brief biography, by December 31, 2025, to Giulia Po DeLisle at giulia_delisle@uml.edu & Laura Lazzari at lazzari.laura@sasso-corbaro.ch.
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Laura Lazzari