Lived realities of solo motherhood, donor conception and medically assisted reproduction

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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Ravn, Tine (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
SeriesEmerald studies in reproduction, culture and society.
Subjects
Single mothers.
Artificial insemination, Human > Social aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781839091179
DOI10.1108/9781839091155
Physical Description1 online resource (224 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Puzzling paradoxes of nature vs nurture
  • Chapter 1. Creating life as a solo mother: An emerging phenomenon?
  • Chapter 2. Theorizing reproductive technologies: Negotiating nature and nurture in kinship and identity making
  • Chapter 3. Getting access to fertility treatment: Governing the 'natural order of life'
  • Chapter 4. Revising life biographies: A choice by design and not by chance
  • Chapter 5. Undergoing fertility treatment: Reworking boundaries of 'natural processes'
  • Chapter 6. Forming donor-conceived families: The complex interplay of biogenetic and social ties
  • Chapter 7. Choosing and relating to the donor: managing complex kinship boundaries
  • Chapter 8. Conclusion: Strategies for life appendix 1. Conducting the study: Research design and methodology appendix 2. Glossary on mar.

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