Lived Realities of Solo Motherhood, Donor Conception and Medically Assisted Reproduction Hardback
by Tine (Aarhus University, Denmark) Ravn
Part of the Emerald Studies in Reproduction, Culture and Society series
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This book explores the empirical manifestations of the paradoxical features of reproductive technologies and provides in-depth understandings of solo motherhood through assisted reproduction and by recognising the complex experiences and the lived realities of forming donor-conceived families. The author offers insights into how single women 'do' family, identity and kinship and how the choice to create life as a solo mother is continuously rationalised.
She uncovers how established, societal cultural narratives are adopted, negotiated and transformed in the processes of decision-making and fertility treatment.
The book draws on science and technology studies, feminist theory, kinship- and family studies and identity theory, and reveals how aspects of bio-genetic and social connections (nature-culture) take on varying meanings when kinship and familial relations - are created through assisted reproduction. Through the lens of solo mother families, the book covers broader sociological questions including; how donor conception challenges existing and endemic kinship ideas and practices and what kinds of individual, social and legal responses have been prompted by advances within medically assisted reproduction.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Emerald Publishing Limited
- Publication Date:30/09/2021
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- ISBN:9781839091162
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Emerald Publishing Limited
- Publication Date:30/09/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781839091162