LEADER 03935nam 2200661 450 001 9910787168903321 005 20230126213437.0 010 $a0-8135-6481-6 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813564814 035 $a(CKB)3710000000244265 035 $a(EBL)1793659 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001349303 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11754053 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001349303 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11399555 035 $a(PQKB)10073153 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1793659 035 $a(OCoLC)891591008 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37989 035 $a(DE-B1597)526173 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813564814 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1793659 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10937154 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000244265 100 $a20140930h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMisconception $esocial class and infertility in America /$fAnn V. Bell 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (180 p.) 225 1 $aFamilies in Focus 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-6480-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Conceiving Infertility --$t1. "That's What I'M Supposed To Be": Why Women Want To Mother --$t2. "I'M Good At The Job": How Women Achieve "Good" Motherhood --$t3. "Getting Pregnant's A Piece Of Cake": Trying To Mother --$t4. "Socioeconomically It Would Be Much More Difficult": The Lived Experience Of Infertility --$t5. "Whatever Gets Me To The End Point": Resolving Infertility --$t6. "So What Can You Do?": Coping With Infertility --$tConclusion: (Re)Conceiving Infertility --$tAppendix: Methodology --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex --$tAbout The Author 330 $aDespite the fact that, statistically, women of low socioeconomic status (SES) experience greater difficulty conceiving children, infertility is generally understood to be a wealthy, white woman's issue. In Misconception, Ann V. Bell overturns such historically ingrained notions of infertility by examining the experiences of poor women and women of color. These women, so the stereotype would have it, are simply too fertile. The fertility of affluent and of poor women is perceived differently, and these perceptions have political and social consequences, as social policies have entrenched these ideas throughout U.S. history. Through fifty-eight in-depth interviews with women of both high and low SES, Bell begins to break down the stereotypes of infertility and show how such depictions consequently shape women's infertility experiences. Prior studies have relied solely on participants recruited from medical clinics-a sampling process that inherently skews the participant base toward wealthier white women with health insurance. In comparing class experiences, Misconception goes beyond examining medical experiences of infertility to expose the often overlooked economic and classist underpinnings of reproduction, family, motherhood, and health in contemporary America. Watch a video with Ann V. Bell: Watch video now. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz7qiPyuyiM). 410 0$aFamilies in focus. 606 $aInfertility, Female$zUnited States 606 $aFertility, Human$zUnited States 606 $aPoor women$zUnited States 606 $aSocial classes$zUnited States 615 0$aInfertility, Female 615 0$aFertility, Human 615 0$aPoor women 615 0$aSocial classes 676 $a618.1/7806 700 $aBell$b Ann V.$f1980-$01505716 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787168903321 996 $aMisconception$93735470 997 $aUNINA