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Infertility around the globe [[electronic resource] ] : new thinking on childlessness, gender, and reproductive technologies / / edited by Marcia C. Inhorn, Frank van Balen
| Infertility around the globe [[electronic resource] ] : new thinking on childlessness, gender, and reproductive technologies / / edited by Marcia C. Inhorn, Frank van Balen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (356 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.6/92 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
InhornMarcia Claire <1957->
BalenFrank van |
| Soggetto topico |
Infertility - Developing countries
Infertility - Social aspects Infertility - Psychological aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-35610-0
0-520-92781-8 1-59734-677-2 9786612356100 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction. Interpreting Infertility: A View from the Social Sciences -- 2. The Uses of a "Disease": Infertility as Rhetorical Vehicle -- 3. Fertile Ground: Feminists Theorize Infertility -- 4. The Psychologization of Infertility -- 5. Infertile Bodies: Medicalization, Metaphor, and Agency -- 6. Deciding Whether to Tell Children about Donor Insemination: An Unresolved Question in the United States -- 7. Conceiving the Happy Family: Infertility and Marital Politics in Northern Vietnam -- 8. Positioning Gender Identity in Narratives of Infertility: South Indian Women's Lives in Context -- 9. Childlessness, Adoption, and Milagros de Dios in Costa Rica -- 10. Problematizing Fertility: "Scientific" Accounts and Chadian Women's Narratives -- 11. Is Infertility an Unrecognized Public Health and Population Problem? The View from the Cameroon Grassfields -- 12. Infertility and Matrilineality: The Exceptional Case of the Macua of Mozambique -- 13. Infertility and Health Care in Countries with Less Resources: Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa -- 14. The "Local" Confronts the "Global": Infertile Bodies and New Reproductive Technologies in Egypt -- 15. Rabbis and Reproduction: The Uses of New Reproductive Technologies among Ultraorthodox Jews in Israel -- 16. The Politics of Making Modern Babies in China: Reproductive Technologies and the "New" Eugenics -- 17. Conception Politics: Medical Egos, Media Spotlights, and the Contest over Test-Tube Firsts in India -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449766803321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Infertility around the globe [[electronic resource] ] : new thinking on childlessness, gender, and reproductive technologies / / edited by Marcia C. Inhorn, Frank van Balen
| Infertility around the globe [[electronic resource] ] : new thinking on childlessness, gender, and reproductive technologies / / edited by Marcia C. Inhorn, Frank van Balen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (356 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.6/92 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
InhornMarcia Claire <1957->
BalenFrank van |
| Soggetto topico |
Infertility - Developing countries
Infertility - Social aspects Infertility - Psychological aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
body politics
childbirth childlessness cultural studies domestic essay collection family issues family life fertility issues gender issues gender globalization health and wellness infertility medical field medical issues pregnancy reproduction reproductive health reproductive technology scientific sexuality social studies technology womens health womens issues |
| ISBN |
1-282-35610-0
0-520-92781-8 1-59734-677-2 9786612356100 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction. Interpreting Infertility: A View from the Social Sciences -- 2. The Uses of a "Disease": Infertility as Rhetorical Vehicle -- 3. Fertile Ground: Feminists Theorize Infertility -- 4. The Psychologization of Infertility -- 5. Infertile Bodies: Medicalization, Metaphor, and Agency -- 6. Deciding Whether to Tell Children about Donor Insemination: An Unresolved Question in the United States -- 7. Conceiving the Happy Family: Infertility and Marital Politics in Northern Vietnam -- 8. Positioning Gender Identity in Narratives of Infertility: South Indian Women's Lives in Context -- 9. Childlessness, Adoption, and Milagros de Dios in Costa Rica -- 10. Problematizing Fertility: "Scientific" Accounts and Chadian Women's Narratives -- 11. Is Infertility an Unrecognized Public Health and Population Problem? The View from the Cameroon Grassfields -- 12. Infertility and Matrilineality: The Exceptional Case of the Macua of Mozambique -- 13. Infertility and Health Care in Countries with Less Resources: Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa -- 14. The "Local" Confronts the "Global": Infertile Bodies and New Reproductive Technologies in Egypt -- 15. Rabbis and Reproduction: The Uses of New Reproductive Technologies among Ultraorthodox Jews in Israel -- 16. The Politics of Making Modern Babies in China: Reproductive Technologies and the "New" Eugenics -- 17. Conception Politics: Medical Egos, Media Spotlights, and the Contest over Test-Tube Firsts in India -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783068603321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Infertility in the modern world : present and future prospects / / edited by Gillian R. Bentley, C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor [[electronic resource]]
| Infertility in the modern world : present and future prospects / / edited by Gillian R. Bentley, C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 616.6/92 |
| Collana | Biosocial Society symposium series |
| Soggetto topico |
Infertility
Infertility - Social aspects Fertility, Human - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-107-11664-3
1-280-42045-6 9786610420452 0-511-17505-1 0-511-05194-8 0-511-15514-X 0-511-32864-8 0-511-61303-2 0-511-04040-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Biomedical perspectives on fertility. Reproductive possibilities for infertile couples: present and future -- Genetic influences on human infertility. Environmental influences on fertility. Environmental pollutants and fertility -- From STD epidemics to AIDS: a socio-demographic and epidemiological perspective on sub-Saharan Africa. Social perspectives on infertility. Voluntary childlessness: trends and implications -- Sexual orientation and feritlity. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449768803321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Infertility in the modern world : present and future prospects / / edited by Gillian R. Bentley, C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor [[electronic resource]]
| Infertility in the modern world : present and future prospects / / edited by Gillian R. Bentley, C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 616.6/92 |
| Collana | Biosocial Society symposium series |
| Soggetto topico |
Infertility
Infertility - Social aspects Fertility, Human - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-107-11664-3
1-280-42045-6 9786610420452 0-511-17505-1 0-511-05194-8 0-511-15514-X 0-511-32864-8 0-511-61303-2 0-511-04040-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Biomedical perspectives on fertility. Reproductive possibilities for infertile couples: present and future -- Genetic influences on human infertility. Environmental influences on fertility. Environmental pollutants and fertility -- From STD epidemics to AIDS: a socio-demographic and epidemiological perspective on sub-Saharan Africa. Social perspectives on infertility. Voluntary childlessness: trends and implications -- Sexual orientation and feritlity. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783068703321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Procreation Medicale Et Mondialisation: Experiences Africaines
| Procreation Medicale Et Mondialisation: Experiences Africaines |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Editions L'Harmattan |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Duchesne
Bonnet |
| Collana | Anthropologies & Medecines |
| Soggetto topico |
Human reproductive technology - Africa
Human reproductive technology - Social aspects - Africa Infertility - Social aspects - Africa Human reproductive technology - Social aspects Infertility - Social aspects Human reproductive technology |
| ISBN | 2-14-001979-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155179003321 |
| Editions L'Harmattan | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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