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Author Jensen, Robin E., 1979- author.

Title Infertility : tracing the history of a transformative term / Robin E. Jensen.

Publication Info. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric
RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric.
Summary "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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Infertility, Female.
Infertility, Female.
Infertility, Female -- Social aspects.
Social aspects.
Medicalization.
Medicalization.
Rhetoric.
Rhetoric.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Medicalization.
Other Form: Print version: Jensen, Robin E., 1979- Infertility. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016] 9780271076195 0271076194 (DLC) 2016021316 (OCoLC)950637396
ISBN 9780271078212 (electronic book)
0271078219 (electronic book)
9780271076195
0271076194
9780271076201
0271076208