Infertility : tracing the history of a transformative term / / Robin E. Jensen
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| Autore: |
Jensen Robin E. <1979->
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| Titolo: |
Infertility : tracing the history of a transformative term / / Robin E. Jensen
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| Pubblicazione: | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2016] |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiii, 225 pages :) : illustrations ; |
| Disciplina: | 618.178 |
| Soggetto topico: | Infertility, Female |
| Medicalization | |
| Rhetoric | |
| Infertility, Female - Social aspects | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | IVF |
| Jenson | |
| history | |
| infertility | |
| motherhood | |
| ”inability to conceive” | |
| ”reproductive health problems” | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-209) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | From barren to sterile : the evolution of a mixed metaphor -- Vital forces conserved : narrating energy conservation and human reproduction at the turn of the century -- Improving upon nature : the rise of reproductive endocrinology and chemical theories of fertility -- Psychogenic infertility : the unconscious defense against motherhood -- Fertility in clinical time : the integration of scientific specialties as infertility studies. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Analyzes how infertility has been defined in and across technical, mainstream, and lay communities, and how different, emergent conceptualizations of infertility have had implications for individuals and the societies in which they live"--Provided by publisher. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Infertility |
| ISBN: | 0-271-07821-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823671803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric.