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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Robin E. Jensen (University of Utah)Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press Volume: 3 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780271076201ISBN 10: 0271076208 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 15 October 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: From Barren to Sterile: The Evolution of a Mixed Metaphor Chapter 2: Vital Forces Conserved: Narrating Energy Conservation and Human Reproduction at the Turn-of-the-Century Chapter 3: Improving Upon Nature: The Rise of Reproductive Endocrinology and Chemical Theories of Fertility Chapter 4: Psychogenic Infertility: The Unconscious Defense Against Motherhood Chapter 5: Fertility in Clinical Time: The Integration of Scientific Specialties as Infertility Studies Conclusion Notes References IndexReviewsJensen's book, which will likely have the greatest appeal for historians with an interest in theory and method, further demonstrates the significance and value of cross-disciplinary inquiry to the history of science and medicine. -Margaret Marsh, Isis: Journal of the History of Science Society Robin Jensen asks, What is human infertility? How do we understand that `involuntary childlessness' known at different times, and within different `rhetorical ecologies,' as `barrenness' and `sterility'? She constructs her answer by weaving a rhetorical-historical account that is informed and engaging, layered and complex: no linear narrative here. The book is a shining example of what critical rhetoricians do, and how and why we do it. -Judy Segal, author of Health and the Rhetoric of Medicine In Infertility, Robin Jensen examines how discourses of infertility change over time, deftly revealing how these discourses do not follow a linear progression but instead shift, overlap, disappear, and re-emerge. Scholars of the rhetoric of science and medicine, medical and health humanities, and science and technology studies will marvel at her insightful, fine-tuned analysis, which beautifully illustrates how medicalized discourses continue to moralize, positioning infertile women as degenerate, noncompliant, or untimely despite ever greater technological and medical advances. -Jordynn Jack, author of Autism and Gender: From Refrigerator Mothers to Computer Geeks Robin Jensen's thoughtful and engaging study interrogates a complicated matrix of cultural narratives, medical epistemologies, and gender normativities in order to scrutinize the evolution and constitution of infertility. Her investigation of infertility's medicalization, shaped by metaphors that simultaneously percolate and lurk at particular historical moments, is compelling in its execution and impressive in its scope. Jensen's sweeping archive and innovative thesis resist narrative simplicity, offering a valuable contribution to the field of rhetorical studies. -Jeff Bennett, author of Banning Queer Blood: Rhetorics of Citizenship, Contagion, and Resistance In Infertility, Robin Jensen examines how discourses of infertility change over time, deftly revealing how these discourses do not follow a linear progression but instead shift, overlap, disappear, and re-emerge. Scholars of the rhetoric of science and medicine, medical and health humanities, and science and technology studies will marvel at her insightful, fine-tuned analysis, which beautifully illustrates how medicalized discourses continue to moralize, positioning infertile women as degenerate, noncompliant, or untimely despite ever greater technological and medical advances. Jordynn Jack, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill In Infertility, Robin Jensen examines how discourses of infertility change over time, deftly revealing how these discourses do not follow a linear progression but instead shift, overlap, disappear, and re-emerge. Scholars of the rhetoric of science and medicine, medical and health humanities, and science and technology studies will marvel at her insightful, fine-tuned analysis, which beautifully illustrates how medicalized discourses continue to moralize, positioning infertile women as degenerate, noncompliant, or untimely despite ever greater technological and medical advances. Jordynn Jack, author of Autism and Gender: From Refrigerator Moms to Computer Geeks Author InformationRobin E. Jensen is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Utah and the author of Dirty Words: The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education in the United States, 1870–1924 (2010). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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