RT Book, Section
T1 Representing Infertility: Identity and the Body in Myriam Steinberg’s Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)Fertility
A1 Rustarazo Garzón, Paula
K1 Graphic memoir
K1 Autobiographical writing
K1 Infertility
K1 Body studies
K1 Embodiment
AB Pregnancy and pregnancy loss are aspects that shape a person’s relationship with themselves, their body and those around them. In this paper I consider Myriam Steinberg’s graphic novel Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)Fertility (2021), a story about her infertility journey, and examine if her narrative achieves its purpose of acting as a guide and breaking societal silence towards infertility. The medium of graphic memoirs offers new possibilities for storytelling through a combination of words and images and allows authors to involve readers in the writing. This paper will examine three aspects of Steinberg’s infertility journey through three illustrations: doctor-patient power dynamics, shattering of expectations as a result of infertility, and the focalization on the female body. The analysis shows how Steinberg’s work is representative of some infertility journeys and the importance of these narratives to encourage the creation of empathic communities and dismantle taboos regarding pregnancy.
PB Enredars Publicaciones / UPO
SN 978-84-09-71143-7
YR 2025
FD 2025-07-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24432
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24432
LA en
NO Departamento de Filología y Traducción
DS RIO
RD May 7, 2026