Infertility and Non-Traditional Family Building
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-17789-8 (ISBN)
This book examines the representation of infertility, assisted reproduction, miscarriage, adoption and surrogacy in a wide range of media, including blogs, vlogs, social media posts and factual programming. In so doing, it illustrates how pregnancy loss, involuntary childlessness and non-traditional mothering are being depicted across the media landscape. Whilst the topic of motherhood has emerged as a significant area of academic debate, narratives of unsuccessful or unconventional mothering have remained largely absent, even at a time when there is a growing conversation about infertility online. Timely, pertinent and original, the book demonstrates the importance of a broader and more informed cultural discussion about fertility and family building.
lt;p>Rebecca Feasey is Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Communications at Bath Spa University, UK. She is the author of Mothers on Mothers: Maternal Readings of Popular Culture (2016), From Happy Homemaker to Desperate Housewives: Motherhood and Popular Television (2012) and Masculinity and Popular Television (2008).
1. Introduction: infertility and non-traditional family building.-2. Infertility: private confessions in a public arena.-3. Assisted reproduction: family, fortunes and fertility clinics.-4. Pregnancy loss: shame and silence over a shared experience.-5. Adoption: eligibility, assessment and selection.-6. Conclusion: future research directions.
Erscheinungsdatum | 17.08.2020 |
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Zusatzinfo | IX, 276 p. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 379 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
Schlagworte | Adoption • fostering • Infertility • maternal practices • Miscarriage • Motherhood • Pregnancy • Surrogacy |
ISBN-10 | 3-030-17789-0 / 3030177890 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-17789-8 / 9783030177898 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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