{"product_id":"queer-pregnancy-in-shakespeares-plays-paperback","title":"Queer Pregnancy in Shakespeare's Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlicia Andrzejewski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueer Pregnancy in Shakespeare's Plays \u003c\/i\u003eaddresses a conspicuous absence in queer readings of Shakespeare's work: the pregnant body. Through discussions of \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream, Titus Andronicus, All's Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, this book dismantles the heteronormative frameworks through which pregnancy continues to be read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts chapters challenge the assumptions in queer theory that only straight women get pregnant, that every pregnancy ends in the birth of a healthy, legitimate child, and that pregnancy always reproduces the family in a recognizable form. These frameworks not only dull the transgressive force of pregnancy in Shakespeare's work and the expansive ways in which early moderns thought about the pregnant body, but contribute to the erasure of so many lived experiences of pregnancy in our current, cultural imagination. The concept of \"queer pregnancy\" not only reorients scholars to pregnancy in Shakespeare's plays and beyond -- it illuminates how high the stakes are for pregnant people who continue to be read and treated through perspectives that do not take queer bodies and identities into account.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough queer methodologies, as well as an explication of early modern gynecological texts, receipt books, and botanicals, this book offers new possibilities for how Shakespeare might have encountered and understood pregnancy, making it a valuable resource to students, scholars and anyone interested in Shakespeare, queer and feminist studies, and early modern culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Open Access version of this book, available at http: \/\/www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlicia Andrzejewski\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor in the English department at the College of William \u0026amp; Mary. She is a scholar of cultural and Shakespeare studies; queer, feminist, and critical race theory; and the medical humanities. Her scholarly work appears in peer-reviewed journals such as \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Tennessee Williams Annual Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and her public-facing work has been published in venues such as \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe, American Theatre, The Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLA Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature \u003c\/i\u003eand others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48058473873629,"sku":"9781032218656","price":112.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/KBAh5yESjV9781032218656.webp?v=1782004371","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/queer-pregnancy-in-shakespeares-plays-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}