| Description |
1 online resource (x, 166 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Families in focus
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Families in focus.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-159) and index. |
| Contents |
"That's what I'm supposed to be" : why women want to mother -- "I'm good at the job" : how women achieve "good" motherhood -- "Getting pregnant's a piece of cake" : trying to mother -- "Socioeconomically it would be much more difficult" : the lived experience of infertility -- "Whatever gets me to the end point" : resolving infertility -- "So what can you do?" : Coping with infertility -- Conclusion : (re)conceiving infertility. |
| Summary |
Despite the fact that, statistically, women of low socioeconomic status (SES) experience greater difficulty conceiving children, infertility is generally understood to be a wealthy, white woman's issue. In Misconception, Ann V. Bell overturns such historically ingrained notions of infertility by examining the experiences of poor women and women of color. These women, so the stereotype would have it, are simply too fertile. The fertility of affluent and of poor women is perceived differently, and these perceptions have political and social consequences, as social policies have entrenched these. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Infertility, Female -- United States.
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Infertility, Female. |
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United States. |
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Fertility, Human -- United States.
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Fertility, Human. |
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Poor women -- United States.
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Poor women. |
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Social classes -- United States.
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Social classes. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bell, Ann V., 1980- author. Misconception 9780813564807 (DLC) 2013046600 (OCoLC)873035085 |
| ISBN |
9780813564814 (electronic book) |
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0813564816 (electronic book) |
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9780813564807 |
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0813564808 |
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9780813564791 |
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0813564794 |
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