Sociology: birth books

313 books were found.

Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England

Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England

Author: Sarah Fox
ISBN: 9781914477058
Format: Hardback
$132.00

This fascinating new book radically rewrites all that we know about eighteenth-century childbirth by placing women’s...  Read More >>

The Panic Years: 'Every millennial woman should have this on her bookshelf' Pandora Sykes

The Panic Years: 'Every millennial woman should have...

Author: Nell Frizzell
ISBN: 9781529176285
Format: Paperback
$22.99

A compassionate, funny and beautifully written exploration of contemporary womanhood - the book may have 'panic'...  Read More >>

Unraveling Bias: How Prejudice Has Shaped Children for Generations and Why It's Time to Break the Cycle

Unraveling Bias: How Prejudice Has Shaped Children for...

Author: Christia Spears Brown
ISBN: 9781953295552
Format: Paperback
$35.00

We need only scan the latest news headlines to see how bias and prejudice harm adults and children alike-every single...  Read More >>

Active Pursuit of Pregnancy: Neoliberalism, Postfeminism and the Politics of Reproduction in Contemporary Japan

Active Pursuit of Pregnancy: Neoliberalism, Postfeminism...

Author: Isabel Fassbender
ISBN: 9789004470453
Format: Hardback
$369.60

What is ninkatsu? Who promotes and governs this “active pursuit of pregnancy?” Trying to answer these questions,...  Read More >>

Surrogacy in Russia: An Ethnography of Reproductive Labour, Stratification and Migration

Surrogacy in Russia: An Ethnography of Reproductive...

Author: Christina Weis (De Montfort University, UK)
ISBN: 9781839828973
Format: Hardback
$158.99

Surrogacy in Russia focuses on commercial surrogacy workers in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union....  Read More >>

The Free-Market Family: How the Market Crushed the American Dream (and How It Can Be Restored)

The Free-Market Family: How the Market Crushed the American...

Author: Maxine Eichner (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, University of North Carolina)
ISBN: 9780197582114
Format: Paperback
$52.95

"The Free-Market Family argues for correcting course and using policy to promote family wellbeing in a market-driven...  Read More >>

Lived Realities of Solo Motherhood, Donor Conception and Medically Assisted Reproduction

Lived Realities of Solo Motherhood, Donor Conception...

Author: Tine Ravn (Aarhus University, Denmark)
ISBN: 9781839091162
Format: Hardback
$170.99

This book explores the empirical manifestations of the paradoxical features of reproductive technologies and provides...  Read More >>

Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family

Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family

Author: Sophie Lewis
ISBN: 9781786637307
Format: Paperback
$22.99

In order to become ethically acceptable, surrogacy must change beyond recognition - but we need more surrogacy,...  Read More >>

Replacing the Dead: The Politics of Reproduction in the Postwar Soviet Union

Replacing the Dead: The Politics of Reproduction in...

Author: Mie Nakachi (Associate Professor of Global Studies, Associate Professor of Global Studies, Hokusei Gakuen University)
ISBN: 9780190635138
Format: Hardback
$71.95

Drawing on never before used archival materials, Replacing the Dead exposes the history of Soviet and Russian abortion...  Read More >>

An Intimate History of Premature Birth: And What it Teaches Us About Being Human

An Intimate History of Premature Birth: And What it...

Author: Sarah DiGregorio
ISBN: 9780008354947
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Inspired by Sarah DiGregorio’s harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, An Intimate History...  Read More >>

It's a Setup: Fathering from the Social and Economic Margins

It's a Setup: Fathering from the Social and Economic...

Author: Timothy Black (Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Professor of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University) ,  Sky Keyes (Case Manager, Case Manager, Homeless Prenatal Program)
ISBN: 9780190062217
Format: Hardback
$261.36

The expectation for fathers to be more involved with parenting their children and pitching in at home are higher...  Read More >>

Stolen Motherhood: Surrogacy and Made-to-Order Children

Stolen Motherhood: Surrogacy and Made-to-Order Children...

Author: Arielle Aaronson ,  Maria De Koninck
ISBN: 9781771862240
Format: Paperback
$64.56

Surrogacy is growing rapidly even though no informed debate on the social impacts of its normalization has been...  Read More >>

Delivering Health: Midwifery and Development in Mexico

Delivering Health: Midwifery and Development in Mexico...

Author: Lydia Z. Dixon
ISBN: 9780826501141
Format: Hardback
$263.87

Profiles the voices of those who fight against inequalities of care even while they form alliances with the systems...  Read More >>

Delivering Health: Midwifery and Development in Mexico

Delivering Health: Midwifery and Development in Mexico...

Author: Lydia Z. Dixon
ISBN: 9780826501134
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Profiles the voices of those who fight against inequalities of care even while they form alliances with the systems...  Read More >>

Sharing Milk: Intimacy, Materiality and Bio-Communities of Practice

Sharing Milk: Intimacy, Materiality and Bio-Communities...

Author: Shannon K. Carter (University of Central Florida) ,  Beatriz M. Reyes-Foster
ISBN: 9781529202083
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Using a bio-communities of practice framework, this thought-provoking empirical analysis explores the emotional...  Read More >>

The Future of Christian Marriage

The Future of Christian Marriage

Author: Mark Regnerus (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin)
ISBN: 9780190064938
Format: Hardback
$52.95

There is less interest in marriage in society today than in years past, in an era marked by technology, gender equality,...  Read More >>

Privilege Lost: Who Leaves the Upper Middle Class and How They Fall

Privilege Lost: Who Leaves the Upper Middle Class and...

Author: Jessi Streib (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Duke University)
ISBN: 9780190854058
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Some children are lucky to be born into the top of the class structure, but that does not mean they'll stay there....  Read More >>

Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving

Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and...

Author: Caitlyn Collins
ISBN: 9780691202402
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A cross-national account of working mothers' daily lives--and the revolution in public policy and culture needed...  Read More >>

The Politics of Children's Services Reform: Re-examining Two Decades of Policy Change

The Politics of Children's Services Reform: Re-examining...

Author: Carl Purcell (NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London)
ISBN: 9781447348771
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Drawing on access to prominent policy makers, Purcell examines the origins and impact of children's services reform...  Read More >>

The Politics of Children's Services Reform: Re-examining Two Decades of Policy Change

The Politics of Children's Services Reform: Re-examining...

Author: Carl Purcell (NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London)
ISBN: 9781447348764
Format: Hardback
$179.99

Drawing on access to prominent policy makers, Purcell examines the origins and impact of children's services reform...  Read More >>

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