Understanding Reproductive Loss - Perspectives on Life, Death and Fertility (Paperback)

The study of human reproduction has focused on reproductive 'success' and on the struggle to achieve this, rather than on the much more common experience of 'failure', or reproductive loss. Drawing on the latest research from The UK and Europe, The United States, Australia and Africa, this volume examines the experience of reproductive loss in its widest sense to include termination of pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth, perinatal and infant death, as well as - more broadly - the loss of desired normative experiences such as that associated with infertility, assisted reproduction and the medicalisation of 'high risk' pregnancy and birth. Exploring the commonalities, as well as issues of difference and diversity, Understanding Reproductive Loss presents international work from a variety of multi-disciplinary perspectives and will appeal to sociologists, anthropologists and other social scientists with interests in medicine, health, the body, death studies and gender.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2016
First published:	2012
Authors:	Carol Komaromy
Editors:	Sarah Earle
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-25779-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > General Promotions
LSN:	1-138-25779-6
Barcode:	9781138257795

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