The Natural Mother of the Child

<p><em>The Natural Mother of the Child</em> is a memoir-in-essays about Belc’s experiences as a transmasculine birth parent. These essays use text and images to explore parenting on the margins of both motherhood and fatherhood. They also examine the ways in which legal and identity documents are limiting in their ability to describe gender and family. Topics explored include pregnancy, birth, lactation, masculinity, top surgery, medical transition, the meaning of biological relationships between parents and children, and microaggressions against transgender people.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Belc, Krys

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rachel May

• Memoir
• Nonfiction
• Essays
• Gender
• Sexuality
• Queer
• Transgender
• Motherhood
• Fatherhood
• Parenting

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/579

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1602