Gender, Identity & Reproduction: Social Perspectives

Earle, S.; Letherby, G.

Gender, Identity and Reproduction draws on a variety of perspectives relevant to an understanding of reproduction across the life-course. Through a consideration of the representation of reproductive identities and experiences, the book highlights difference and diversity in relation to contemporary reproductive choices. The book focuses on women's and men's experiences of agency, control and negotiation within the context of cultural, medical, political, theoretical and lay ideologies of the reproductive process in contemporary Western societies.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2003-10-16

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403902818

DOI: 10.1057/9780230522930

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 236