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Title Infertility around the globe : new thinking on childlessness, gender and reproductive technologies / edited by Marcia C. Inhorn, Frank van Balen
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (358 pages)
Contents PART I: Discourses and Debates; PART II: Gender and Body Politics; PART III: The Infertility Belt; PART IV: Globalizing Technologies; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
Summary These essays examine the global impact of infertility as a major reproductive health issue, one that has profoundly affected the lives of countless women and men. The contributors address a range of topics including how the deeply gendered nature of infertility sets the blame on women's shoulders
Analysis 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Infertility -- Developing countries
Infertility -- Social aspects
Infertility -- Psychological aspects
Human reproductive technology.
Reproductive technology.
Cross-cultural studies.
Feminism.
Infertility -- psychology
Internationality
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Reproductive Techniques
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Feminism
Infertility -- ethnology
feminism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Infertility.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
Reproductive technology
Human reproductive technology
Feminism
Cross-cultural studies
Infertility
Infertility -- Psychological aspects
Infertility -- Social aspects
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
Author Inhorn, Marcia C., editor
Balen, Frank van, editor.
LC no. 2001007069
ISBN 9780520927810
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