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Author: Robin E. Jensen Publisher: Penn State Press ISBN: 0271078219 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 242
Book Description
This book explores the arguments, appeals, and narratives that have defined the meaning of infertility in the modern history of the United States and Europe. Throughout the last century, the inability of women to conceive children has been explained by discrepant views: that women are individually culpable for their own reproductive health problems, or that they require the intervention of medical experts to correct abnormalities. Using doctor-patient correspondence, oral histories, and contemporaneous popular and scientific news coverage, Robin Jensen parses the often thin rhetorical divide between moralization and medicalization, revealing how dominating explanations for infertility have emerged from seemingly competing narratives. Her longitudinal account illustrates the ways in which old arguments and appeals do not disappear in the light of new information, but instead reemerge at subsequent, often seemingly disconnected moments to combine and contend with new assertions. Tracing the transformation of language surrounding infertility from “barrenness” to “(in)fertility,” this rhetorical analysis both explicates how language was and is used to establish the concept of infertility and shows the implications these rhetorical constructions continue to have for individuals and the societies in which they live.
Author: Robin E. Jensen Publisher: Penn State Press ISBN: 0271078219 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 242
Book Description
This book explores the arguments, appeals, and narratives that have defined the meaning of infertility in the modern history of the United States and Europe. Throughout the last century, the inability of women to conceive children has been explained by discrepant views: that women are individually culpable for their own reproductive health problems, or that they require the intervention of medical experts to correct abnormalities. Using doctor-patient correspondence, oral histories, and contemporaneous popular and scientific news coverage, Robin Jensen parses the often thin rhetorical divide between moralization and medicalization, revealing how dominating explanations for infertility have emerged from seemingly competing narratives. Her longitudinal account illustrates the ways in which old arguments and appeals do not disappear in the light of new information, but instead reemerge at subsequent, often seemingly disconnected moments to combine and contend with new assertions. Tracing the transformation of language surrounding infertility from “barrenness” to “(in)fertility,” this rhetorical analysis both explicates how language was and is used to establish the concept of infertility and shows the implications these rhetorical constructions continue to have for individuals and the societies in which they live.
Author: Karen Stollznow Publisher: ISBN: 9781350202566 Category : Infertility Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
"Often described as one of the most painful and challenging of human experiences, infertility has been a concern for many people across cultures and time. Exploring infertility through the lens of language, this book examines the ways this issue has been talked about and described throughout history, and the role these discourses have played in shaping attitudes and beliefs. Considering how fertility has been discussed across time and space, Karen Stollznow draws upon numerous examples from ancient Egypt to the modern day investigate to how language has contributed to the formation of harmful cultural perceptions and expectations. Discussing the alienating nature of medical terminology and discourses in popular culture, the book explores how patients have formed their own rich vocabulary to help support and empower themselves and others. Arguing for a new 'language of infertility' which reflects actual lived experiences, this book provides an overview of the ever-evolving discourses surrounding this issue."--
Author: Marcia Claire Inhorn Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 9780520231085 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 360
Book Description
These essays examine the global impact of infertility as a major reproductive health issue, one that has profoundly affected the lives of countless women and men. The contributors address a range of topics including how the deeply gendered nature of infertility sets the blame on women's shoulders.
Author: Niravi B. Payne Publisher: Harmony ISBN: 9780517703908 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 294
Book Description
A nationally recognized pioneer in mind-body fertility therapy offers a self-help program that guides women and couples to discover and overcome the emotional and psychological barriers to conception--with or without the help of their physicians. "The Language of Fertility" tells the inspiring true stories of couples who have uncovered the emotional connections to their reproductive problems and increased their chances of having the baby they have longed for.
Author: Jean Dimech-Juchniewicz Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc." ISBN: 0819827142 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 211
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More than 1 in 10 couples experience infertility, finding themselves in a “desert”—lost and abandoned, hungering and thirsting, praying and waiting—for a child. Discover the direction, nourishment, and faith provided within this spiritual resource for infertile Catholic couples, their families, and friends. Personal reflections from Catholic women struggling with infertility evoke a heartfelt realism, while passages from Scripture and prayers from the Book of Psalms provide the comfort and hope to trust in God, the “Divine Physician.”
Author: Gay Becker Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520335392 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 364
Book Description
Unlike most infertility books that focus on medical treatment, Healing the Infertile Family examines the social and emotional problems experienced by couples confronting infertility and suggests how they can be alleviated. In this updated edition, Gay Becker discusses her most recent study of couples experiencing infertility and offers guidelines for resolution of this common problem that will enable couples to face the future with hope. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.
Author: Helena Michie Publisher: ISBN: 9780813524320 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 187
Book Description
When a woman in the United States becomes pregnant or tries to become pregnant, she enters a world of information, technology, and expertise. Suddenly her body becomes public in a new way: medicine, law, and popular culture all offer her sometimes contradictory expert advice. This text explores the advice offered to pregnant and infertile women by examining assumptions about femininity, class, and the reproductive body that structure the language of expertise. Even advice books written from a specifically countercultural or feminist point of view often attempt to police the way women think about their bodies.
Author: Angelique Ruhi-López Publisher: Ave Maria Press ISBN: 1594713448 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 256
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One in every six United States couples experiences infertility but Catholic couples face additional confusion, worry, and frustration as they explore the medical options available to them. Filling a major void in Catholic resources, The Infertility Companion for Catholics is the first book to address not only the medical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of infertility, but also the particular needs of Catholic couples who desire to understand and follow Church teaching on the use of assisted reproductive technology. Authors Angelique Ruhi-López and Carmen Santamaría offer the support and wisdom gained in their own struggles with infertility. They describe the options that Catholic couples can pursue in seeking to conceive, many of which are not ordinarily presented by the medical community. In an encouraging and non-judgmental tone, they address both husbands and wives and help them recognize the emotional impact of infertility on their relationship. The Infertility Companion for Catholics presents a variety of spiritual resources including prayers, devotions, and the wisdom of the saints and provides suggestions for further reading of reference materials, Catholic documents, and Catholic blogs about infertility.
Author: Robin E. Jensen Publisher: Penn State Press ISBN: 0271078197 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 236
Book Description
This book explores the arguments, appeals, and narratives that have defined the meaning of infertility in the modern history of the United States and Europe. Throughout the last century, the inability of women to conceive children has been explained by discrepant views: that women are individually culpable for their own reproductive health problems, or that they require the intervention of medical experts to correct abnormalities. Using doctor-patient correspondence, oral histories, and contemporaneous popular and scientific news coverage, Robin Jensen parses the often thin rhetorical divide between moralization and medicalization, revealing how dominating explanations for infertility have emerged from seemingly competing narratives. Her longitudinal account illustrates the ways in which old arguments and appeals do not disappear in the light of new information, but instead reemerge at subsequent, often seemingly disconnected moments to combine and contend with new assertions. Tracing the transformation of language surrounding infertility from “barrenness” to “(in)fertility,” this rhetorical analysis both explicates how language was and is used to establish the concept of infertility and shows the implications these rhetorical constructions continue to have for individuals and the societies in which they live.
Author: Robin E. Jensen
Author: Robin E. Jensen
Author: Karen Stollznow
Author: Marcia Claire Inhorn
Author: Niravi B. Payne
Author: Niravi Payne
Author: Jean Dimech-Juchniewicz
Author: Gay Becker
Author: Helena Michie
Author: Angelique Ruhi-López
Author: Robin E. Jensen