TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bell,Ann V.
TI  - Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America 
T2  - Families in Focus
SN  - 9780813564807
AV  - RG201 .B37 2014
U1  - 618.1/7806 
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ : 
PB  - Rutgers University Press, 
KW  - Fertility, Human
KW  - United States
KW  - Infertility, Female
KW  - Poor women
KW  - Social classes
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: Conceiving Infertility --; 1. "That'S What I'M Supposed To Be": Why Women Want To Mother --; 2. "I'M Good At The Job": How Women Achieve "Good" Motherhood --; 3. "Getting Pregnant'S A Piece Of Cake": Trying To Mother --; 4. "Socioeconomically It Would Be Much More Difficult":The Lived Experience Of Infertility --; 5. "Whatever Gets Me To The End Point": Resolving Infertility --; 6. "So What Can You Do?": Coping With Infertility --; Conclusion: (Re)Conceiving Infertility --; Appendix: Methodology --; Notes --; References --; Index --; About The Author; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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 low SES, Bell begins to break down the stereotypes of infertility and show how such depictions consequently shape women's infertility experiences. Prior studies have relied solely on participants recruited from medical clinics-a sampling process that inherently skews the participant base toward wealthier white women with health insurance. In comparing class experiences, Misconception goes beyond examining medical experiences of infertility to expose the often overlooked economic and classist underpinnings of reproduction, family, motherhood, and health in contemporary America. Watch a video with Ann V. Bell: Watch video now. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz7qiPyuyiM)
UR  - https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813564814
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813564814
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