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Misconception : social class and infertility in America /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bell, Ann V., 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Colección:Families in focus.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "That's what I'm supposed to be" : why women want to mother
  • "I'm good at the job" : how women achieve "good" motherhood
  • "Getting pregnant's a piece of cake" : trying to mother
  • "Socioeconomically it would be much more difficult" : the lived experience of infertility
  • "Whatever gets me to the end point" : resolving infertility
  • "So what can you do?" : Coping with infertility
  • Conclusion : (re)conceiving infertility.