Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America: Families in Focus
Autor Ann V. Bellen Limba Engleză Paperback – sep 2014
Despite the fact that, statistically, women of low socioeconomic status (SES) experience greater difficulty conceiving children, infertility is generally understood to be a wealthy, white woman’s issue. In Misconception, Ann V. Bell overturns such historically ingrained notions of infertility by examining the experiences of poor women and women of color. These women, so the stereotype would have it, are simply too fertile. The fertility of affluent and of poor women is perceived differently, and these perceptions have political and social consequences, as social policies have entrenched these ideas throughout U.S. history.
Through fifty-eight in-depth interviews with women of both high and low SES, Bell begins to break down the stereotypes of infertility and show how such depictions consequently shape women’s infertility experiences. Prior studies have relied solely on participants recruited from medical clinics—a sampling process that inherently skews the participant base toward wealthier white women with health insurance.
In comparing class experiences, Misconception goes beyond examining medical experiences of infertility to expose the often overlooked economic and classist underpinnings of reproduction, family, motherhood, and health in contemporary America.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780813564791
ISBN-10: 0813564794
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Ediția:None
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press
Seria Families in Focus
ISBN-10: 0813564794
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Ediția:None
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press
Seria Families in Focus
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Notă biografică
ANN V. BELL is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Delaware.
Cuprins
Introduction: Conceiving Infertility
1 “That’s What I’m Supposed to Be”: Why Women Want to Mother
2 “I’m Good at the Job”: How Women Achieve “Good” Motherhood
3 “Getting Pregnant’s a Piece of Cake”: Trying to Mother
4 “I Just Always Thought Something Was Wrong”: The Lived Experience of Infertility
5 “Whatever Gets Me to the End Point”: Resolving Infertility
6 “So What Can You Do?”: Coping with Infertility
7 Conclusion: (Re)conceiving Infertility
1 “That’s What I’m Supposed to Be”: Why Women Want to Mother
2 “I’m Good at the Job”: How Women Achieve “Good” Motherhood
3 “Getting Pregnant’s a Piece of Cake”: Trying to Mother
4 “I Just Always Thought Something Was Wrong”: The Lived Experience of Infertility
5 “Whatever Gets Me to the End Point”: Resolving Infertility
6 “So What Can You Do?”: Coping with Infertility
7 Conclusion: (Re)conceiving Infertility
Recenzii
"Misconception is a welcome addition to the growing field of the social scientific study of reproduction. Bell is an excellent writer and presents new ethnographic data that focuses on the role of social class in the social construction of infertility."
"Exceptionally well written and vigorously researched, Misconception challenges common understandings of infertility. Bell illustrates how stereotypes of who should be mothers affect women’s infertility experiences and exacerbate ingrained social-class inequalities. Misconception is sociological research at its best—a must read!"
"Misconception provides a powerful collection of narratives of infertility across the socio-economic spectrum in America. Bell's work is an important contribution to medical social science."
"Misconception is a small package with a big surprise inside … Overall, this is a well-written book, concisely addressing the intersections of race, class, and gender in the arenas of motherhood and medicine."
Descriere
In Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America, Ann V. Bell overturns stereotypes of reproduction that frame poor women as too fertile and white, affluent women as not fertile enough by comparing experiences of infertility across socioeconomic groups. In comparing class experiences, Bell is able to go beyond just examining infertility. Misconception reveals the social, cultural, and economic forces surrounding reproduction, family, motherhood and health in contemporary America.