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100 1 _aBaldwin, Kylie,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aEgg freezing, fertility and reproductive choice :
_bnegotiating responsibility, hope and modern motherhood /
_cKylie Baldwin.
264 1 _aBingley, U.K. :
_bEmerald Publishing Limited,
_c2019.
264 4 _c©2019
300 _a1 online resource (xviii, 206 pages) ;
_ccm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aEmerald studies in reproduction, culture and society
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online.Growing numbers of women around the world are now accessing social egg freezing: a fertility extension technology which is enabling some women to extend their fertility and reproductive timelines when faced with age-related fertility decline. This book explores the accounts and experiences of some of the pioneering users of this technology in the UK and the USA.Drawing on theories and concepts across medical sociology and parenting culture studies, as well as literature from demography, anthropology, law, and bioethics, this book examines women's motivations and experiences of social egg freezing in the context of debates surrounding reproductive choice and delayed motherhood. The book also delves into the broader sociological questions raised by this technology in relation to the gendered burden of appropriately timed parenthood, the medicalisation of women's bodies in the reproductive domain and the further entrenchment of the geneticisation of society. It also considers the sexual politics underpinning the timing of parenthood, relationship formation and progression, and the way in which reproductive and parenting ideals, values and expectations can come in to conflict with the biological and relational realities of women's lives.
650 0 _aReproductive technology.
650 0 _aOvum
_xCryopreservation.
650 0 _aInfertility, Female
_xTreatment.
650 0 _aFertility, Human.
650 0 _aPregnancy in middle age.
650 0 _aChildbirth in middle age.
650 7 _aSocial Science
_xWomen's Studies.
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650 7 _aSociety & social sciences.
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776 _z9781787564848
830 0 _aEmerald studies in reproduction, culture and society.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787564831
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