A gendered bun in the oven: the gender-reveal party as a new ritualization during pregnancy

By appropriating both medical and communication technologies, the gender-reveal party has recently emerged as a ritual performance centered on a dramatically staged disclosure of the sex of a gestating fetus. The gender-reveal party is an example of the new forms of ritualization that take place dur...

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Main Author: Pasche Guignard, Florence 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2015]
In: Studies in religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 479-500
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B North America / Ritual / Pregnancy / Gender / Party
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBQ North America
NCF Sexual ethics
NCH Medical ethics
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