Achieving Procreation

Childlessness and IVF in Turkey

von Merve Demircio¿lu Göknar

214 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Managing social relationships for childless couples in pro-natalist societies can be a difficult art to master, and may even become an issue of belonging for both men and women. With ethnographic research gathered from two IVF clinics and in two villages in northwestern Turkey, this book explores infertility and assisted reproductive technologies within a secular Muslim population. Göknar investigates the experience of infertility through various perspectives, such as the importance of having a child for women, the mediating role of religion, the power dynamics in same-gender relationships, and the impact of manhood ideologies on the decision for - or against - having IVF.

• Reihe: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
• Themen: Medizin Vorklinische Medizin, Grundlagenwissenschaften Fortpflanzung, Wachstum und Entwicklung des Menschen Reproduktionsmedizin
• ISBN: 9781782386346
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2015
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books