Misconception : : Social Class and Infertility in America /

Misconception : : Social Class and Infertility in America / / Ann V. Bell.

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Despite the fact that, statistically, women of low socioeconomic status (SES) experience greater difficulty conceiving children, infertility is generally understood to be a wealthy, white woman's issue. In Misconception, Ann V. Bell overturns such historically ingrained notions of infertility b...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Bell, Ann V.,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Families in Focus
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Conceiving Infertility
  • 1. "That'S What I'M Supposed To Be": Why Women Want To Mother
  • 2. "I'M Good At The Job": How Women Achieve "Good" Motherhood
  • 3. "Getting Pregnant'S A Piece Of Cake": Trying To Mother
  • 4. "Socioeconomically It Would Be Much More Difficult":The Lived Experience Of Infertility
  • 5. "Whatever Gets Me To The End Point": Resolving Infertility
  • 6. "So What Can You Do?": Coping With Infertility
  • Conclusion: (Re)Conceiving Infertility
  • Appendix: Methodology
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About The Author

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