Arthur L Greil

Not Yet Pregnant

Infertile Couples in Contemporary America

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Produktbeschreibung

For many of us, being a parent is a crucial part of what it means to be a normal adult in American society. When couples find out they are infertile, this discovery poses a major threat to their expectations for their future and to their sense of identity. Not Yet Pregnant is a highly readable yet theoretically sophisticated interpretation of what infertility means to contemporary couples in the United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780813516837
• ISBN-10: 0813516838
• Artikelnr.: 22232593

Autorenporträt

LARRY GREIL is a professor of sociology at Alfred University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The social construction of infertility
Infertility as a medical condition: Social and historical contexts
Bodies and selves: Infertility, gender, and identity
Impatient patients: Negotiating infertility treatment
Together apart: Issues of communication and intimacy
A secret stigma: Interaction with the fertile world
Why me?: Infertility and the search for meaning
Conclusions: Infertility, present and future
Interview guide: social and emotional aspects of infertility