Voluntary and involuntary childlessness : the joys of otherhood? / edited by Natalie Sappleton
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- Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2018]
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- 9781787543614 ((electronic bk.))
- 1787543617 ((electronic bk.))
- 9781787543638
- 1787543633
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- 9781787543621
- 1787543625
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- Emerald studies in reproduction culture and society.
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- Front Cover; Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness: The Joys of Otherhood?; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Introduction: Childlessness through a Feminist Lens; Childlessness and Feminism; This Volume; Section 1: Theoretical Perspectives on Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness; Section 2: Structure, Agency and Childlessness; Section 3: Intersectional Perspectives on Childlessness; Section 4: Lived Experiences of Childlessness; Section 5: National Perspectives on Childlessness; References
- Section I Theoretical Perspectives on Voluntary and Involuntary ChildlessnessChapter 1 From Deviant Choice to Feminist Issue: An Historical Analysis of Scholarship on Voluntary Childlessness (1920-2013); Introduction; Voluntary Childlessness as a Topic of Enquiry; Methodology; The Politics of Location: When, and by Whom Was Research Produced?; The Politics of Research Practices: Type, Method, Theory and Sample; The Politics of Representation: What Topics Have Been of Interest?; Conclusion; References; bm_978-1-78754-361-420181002_nonid4; Articles Analysed for Systematic Literature Review
- Chapter 2 What Is It Like Being Involuntarily Childless? Searching for Ways of Understanding from a Psychological PerspectiveIntroduction; Involuntary Childlessness; Psychological Distress: Medical Consequences of Infertility; Depression and Distress; Desire and Regret; Childlessness: Life-span Perspectives; Long-term Impact of the Absence of Children; Involuntary Childlessness: Psychosocial Perspectives; Self and Identity; Relationships; Social Expectations; Coping: Ways of Building Resilience; Influences of Partner/Husband; Coping and Social Connections; Theoretical Perspectives on Coping
- Concluding DiscussionReferences; Chapter 3 Wanting to Want: Constructing the Ambivalent Childless Self; Introduction; Wanting to Want; Non-wholehearted Childlessness as Wanton-hood; The Intelligibility of Choice; The (Bad) Moral Luck of Pronatalism; Moral Luck; Pronatalism and the VC Woman; Counterstories: Wholehearted, Half-hearted and Ambivalent; References; Further reading; Section II Structure, Agency and Childlessness; Chapter 4 Capital in Pronatalist Fields: Exploring the Influence of Economic, Social, Cultural and Symbolic Capital on Chil...; Introduction; Literature Review
- Contributions to the Decision (Not) to Become a ParentPrevalence and Demographics; Theoretical Orientation; The Current Study; Sample and Methods; Variables and Measures; Results; Sample Characteristics; Bivariate Results; Multivariate Results; Interaction Effects; Discussion; Childbearing Preferences and Capital; Limitations/Future Research; References; Chapter 5 Social Inclusion, Connectedness and Support: Experiences of Women without Children in a Pronatalist Society; Introduction; Prevailing and Pervasive Pronatalism; Stigma, Stereotyping and Social Exclusion
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