Reframing Reproduction: Conceiving Gendered Experiences

Author:   M. Nash
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9781137267122


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   04 July 2014
Format:   Hardback
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How do rapid social and technological changes shape reproductive realms today? This book considers the complex choices, anxieties and challenges that come alongside postmodern reproduction for women and men in the West. Topics include surrogacy, fatherhood, sperm banking, egg donation, contraception, breastfeeding, and postpartum body image.

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Author:   M. Nash
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   5.072kg
ISBN:  

9781137267122


ISBN 10:   1137267127
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   04 July 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction: Conceiving of Postmodern Reproduction; Meredith Nash PART I: CONTESTED 'CHOICES' AND CHALLENGES 1. Towards a More Inclusive Framework for Understanding Fertility Barriers; Katherine M. Johnson, Julia McQuillan, Arthur L. Greil and Karina M. Shreffler 2. Constructions of the 'Best Interests of the Child' in New South Wales Parliamentary Debates on Surrogacy; Catherine Ruth Collins, Damien W. Riggs, and Clemence Due 3. 'Diseases', 'Defects', 'Abnormalities' and 'Conditions': Discursive Tensions in Prenatal Screening; Meredith Vanstone, Elizabeth Anne Kinsella, and Jeff Nisker 4. The Limits of 'Choice': Abortion and Entrepreneuralism; Kate Gleeson 5. Gaps in Post-Birth Care in Neoliberal Times: Evidence from Canada; Cecilia Benoit, Camille Stengel, Rachel Phillips, Maria Zadoroznyj, and Sarah Berry PART II: REPRODUCTIVE BODIES AND IDENTITIES 6. Unborn Assemblages: Shifting Configurations of Embryonic and Foetal Embodiment ; Deborah Lupton 7. Picturing Postpartum Body Image: A Photovoice Study; Meredith Nash 8. 'My Doctor Told Me I Can Still Have Children But …': Contradictions in Women's Reproductive Health Experiences After Spinal Cord Injury; Heather Dillaway and Catherine Lysack 9. Taking a Long View of the 'Right Time' for Fatherhood; Fiona Shirani 10. Anticipating and 'Experiencing' Birth: Men, Essentialisms and Reproductive Realms; Tina Miller PART III: THE (GLOBAL) REPRODUCTIVE MARKETPLACE 11. Putting 'Daddy' in the Cart: Ordering Sperm Online; Lisa Jean Moore and Marianna Grady 12. Reciprocity in the Donation of Reproductive Oöcytes; Margaret Boulos, Ian Kerridge, and Catherine Waldby 13. Expressed Breast Milk as Commodity: Disembodied Motherhood and Involved Fatherhood; Victoria Team and Kath Ryan 14. What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger: Young Women's Online Conversations About Quitting the Pill; Elizabeth Arveda Kissling Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here? ; Meredith Nash

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Elizabeth Arveda Kissling, Eastern Washington University, USA Cecilia Benoit, University of Victoria, Canada Sarah Berry, McGill University, Canada Margaret Boulos, University of Sydney, Australia Catherine Collins, University of Adelaide, Australia E. Anne Kinsella, University of Western Ontario, Canada Heather Dillaway, Wayne State University, USA Clemence Due, University of Adelaide, Australia Kate Gleeson, Macquarie University, Australia Marianna Grady, State University of New York, USA Arthur L. Greil, Alfred University, USA Katherine M. Johnson, Tulane University, USA Ian Kerridge, University of Sydney, Australia Deborah Lupton, University of Sydney, Australia Catherine Lysack, Wayne State University, USA Julia McQuillan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Tina Miller, Oxford Brookes University, UK Lisa Jean Moore, State University of New York, UK Jeff Nisker, University of Western Ontario, Canada Rachel Phillips, University of Victoria, Canada Damien W. Riggs, Flinders University, Australia Kath Ryan, La Trobe University, Australia Fiona Shirani, Cardiff University, UK Karina M. Shreffler, Oklahoma State University, USA Camille Stengel, University of Kent, UK Victoria Team, La Trobe University, Australia Meredith Vanstone, McMaster University, Canada Catherine Waldby, Sydney University, Australia Maria Zadoroznyj, University of Queensland, Australia

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