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020			_a9781909005877
020			_a1909005878
020			_z9781909005860
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040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050		4	_aRG201 _b.A45 2013
100	1		_aAllison, Jill, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMotherhood and infertility in Ireland _h[electronic resource] : _bunderstanding the presence of absence / _cJill Allison.
260			_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bProject Muse, _c2013 _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
260			_aCork, Ireland : _bCork University Press, _c2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 260 pages))
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
505	0		_aAcknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Introduction : conceiving the presence of absence -- Famine's traces : hunger for motherhood, family, fertility -- Motherhood contested : re-thinking the woman/mother paradigm in Ireland -- Conceiving nonconformity : challenging hetero-normative meanings of (in)fertility -- Conceiving of grieving -- Eggs, sperm and conceptions of a moral nature -- Conceptions of contention : donor challenge to the dimensions of relatedness -- Embryos and the ethics of ambivalence -- Conclusion : confirmation and contestation in a changing Ireland -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Notes and references -- Index.
520			_aInfertility stories show us how the once seamless connection between marriage, motherhood, sex and procreation in Ireland is contested. Through the stories of women and men facing infertility, the book brings to life the forces that shape the idea of motherhood and the way many women see themselves, not as victims of circumstance, but as agents and beneficiaries of changing social values and expectations. The book also examines how religious, medical and state institutions employ the meanings of "nature" and science in procreative endeavors in an effort to be the dominant voice in a conversation about an ongoing pronatalist politics. The use of reproductive technologies is discussed in relation to the historical and contemporary debates about reproductive choice. The dilemmas people face when using assisted reproduction technologies also highlight the complexity and contingency of the local morality in which reproductive politics operates in Ireland. The book makes an important contribution to the story of change in Ireland as it represents the current cultural context in which people are making decisions about family building.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aReproductive rights _zIreland.
650		0	_aInfertility _xReligious aspects _xCatholic Church.
650		0	_aInfertility, Female _ZIreland.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z190900586X _z9781909005860 _z1782050035 _z9781782050032
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781909005877/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c34560 _d34560