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UNINA9910480892403321 |
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Autore |
Göknar Merve Demircioğlu |
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Titolo |
Achieving procreation : childlessness and IVF in Turkey / / Merve Demircioglu Göknar |
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New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 p.) |
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Collana |
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Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality ; ; Volume 29 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Childlessness - Turkey |
Infertility - Social aspects - Turkey |
Human reproductive technology - Social aspects - Turkey |
Social medicine - Turkey |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Achieving Procreation; Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality; Achieving Procreation - Childlessness and IVF in Turkey; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Desire to Have a Child; Chapter 2 Religion as Discourse and Practice; Chapter 3 Childlessness Among Kin and Friends; Chapter 4 Manhood Ideologies and IVF; Chapter 5 Achievement and Procreation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Managing social relationships for childless couples in pro-natalist societies can be a difficult art to master, and may even become an issue of belonging for both men and women. With ethnographic research gathered from two IVF clinics and in two villages in northwestern Turkey, this book explores infertility and assisted reproductive technologies within a secular Muslim population. Goknar investigates the experience of infertility through various perspectives, such as the importance of having a child for women, the mediating role of religion, the power dynamics in same-gender relationships, a |
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