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Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America
Ann V. Bell
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Despite the fact that, statistically, women of low socioeconomic status (SES) experience greater difficulty conceiving children, infertility is generally understood to be a wealthy, white woman’s issue. In Misconception, Ann V. Bell overturns such historically ingrained notions of infertility by examining the experiences of poor women and women of color. These women, so the stereotype would have it, are simply too fertile. The fertility of affluent and of poor women is perceived differently, and these perceptions have political and social consequences, as social policies have entrenched these ideas throughout U.S. history. Through fifty-eight in-depth interviews with women of both high and ... Read more
Despite the fact that, statistically, women of low socioeconomic status (SES) experience greater difficulty conceiving children, infertility is generally understood to be a wealthy, white woman’s issue. In Misconception, Ann V. Bell overturns such historically ingrained notions of infertility by examining the experiences of poor women and women of color. These women, so the stereotype would have it, are simply too fertile. The fertility of affluent and of poor women is perceived differently, and these perceptions have political and social consequences, as social policies have entrenched these ideas throughout U.S. history. Through fifty-eight in-depth interviews with women of both high and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Series
Families in Focus
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813564807
SKU
V9780813564807
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About Ann V. Bell
ANN V. BELL is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Delaware.
Reviews for Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America
"Misconception is a welcome addition to the growing field of the social scientific study of reproduction. Bell is an excellent writer and presents new ethnographic data that focuses on the role of social class in the social construction of infertility."
Arthur L. Greil
author of Not Yet Pregnant: Infertile Couples in Contemporary America
"Exceptionally well written and vigorously ... Read more
Arthur L. Greil
author of Not Yet Pregnant: Infertile Couples in Contemporary America
"Exceptionally well written and vigorously ... Read more