Not trying
Subtitle: infertility, childlessness, and ambivalence
By: Kristin J. Wilson
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780826519962; 9780826519979
Subjects: Social aspects; Motherhood; Childfree choice; Childlessness; Female Infertility
Description: "Interviews with women struggling with infertility, many of whom come from a wider range of social backgrounds than most researchers have studied, and who experience deep ambivalence about motherhood and non-motherhood, never actually choosing either path"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Entering otherhood; title: Conceiving stratification; title: Motherhood from the margins; title: Indecisions; title: Ascribed motherhood; title: Realizations; title: Interventions; title: From mandate to option.