Title: Confinements : fertility and infertility in contemporary culture /
Authors: Michie, Helena.; Cahn, Naomi R.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Sociology; Reproductive Techniques; Pregnancy; Infertility; Feminism; Human reproductive technology Social aspects; Pregnancy literature.; Infertility literature.; Women Socialization.; Feminist theory.; Feminist criticism.
Contents: Ch. 1. Confinements. Closer to Home: The Domestic in the Discourses of Upper-Middle Class Pregnacy. Confinement Outside the Home: The Institutionalization of Pregnant, Crack-Addicted Women -- Ch. 2. Unnatural Births: Cesarian Sections and Pain Management in the Natural Childbirth Movement -- Ch. 3. Making Choices, Making Babies -- Ch. 4. Displacements -- Ch. 5. The Nature of Infertility -- Ch. 6. Autonomy, Control, and Fertility -- Conclusion: Advice about Advice.