Reproduction, Kin and Climate Crisis
Making Bushfire Babies
By Celia Roberts, Mary Lou Rasmussen, Louisa Allen and Rebecca Williamson
Published
Sep 29, 2023Page count
212 pagesISBN
978-1529226850Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Sep 29, 2023Page count
212 pagesISBN
978-1529226843Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Sep 29, 2023Page count
212 pagesISBN
978-1529226867Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Sep 29, 2023Page count
212 pagesISBN
978-1529226867Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
Reproduction, Kin and Climate Crisis
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.
“This book brings a fresh perspective to reproduction. Focusing on the effects of the Pyrocene, it reflects critically on the experiences of having children in a time of ecological destruction.” Sonja van Wichelen, University of Sydney
“There is a palpable urgency to this work, and genuine depth to the data and the arguments presented. An important, timely and sophisticated book.” Eeva Sointu, York St John University
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.
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
