Seed e-bog
80,10 DKK
(inkl. moms 100,12 DKK)
Notes on desire, reproduction, and grief, and how feminism doesn't support women struggling to have childrenIn pop culture as much as in policy advocacy, the feminist movement has historically left infertile women out in the cold. This book traverses the chilly landscape of miscarriage, and the particular grief that accompanies the longing to make a family. Framed by her own desire for a child,...
E-bog
80,10 DKK
Forlag
Coach House Books
Udgivet
10 april 2019
Genrer
JFFK
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781770565920
Notes on desire, reproduction, and grief, and how feminism doesn't support women struggling to have childrenIn pop culture as much as in policy advocacy, the feminist movement has historically left infertile women out in the cold. This book traverses the chilly landscape of miscarriage, and the particular grief that accompanies the longing to make a family. Framed by her own desire for a child, journalist Alexandra Kimball brilliantly reveals the pain and loneliness of infertility, especially as a lifelong feminist. Her experience of online infertility support groups -- where women gather in forums to discuss IVF, surrogacy, and isolation -- leaves her longing for a real life community of women working to break down the stigma of infertility.In the tradition of Eula Bisss On Immunity and Barbara Ehrenreich's Bright-sided, Kimball marries perceptive analysis with deep reportage -- her findings show the lie behind the prevailing, and at times paradoxical, cultural attitudes regarding womens right to actively choose to have children. Braiding together feminist history, memoir, and reporting from the front lines of the battle for reproductive rights and technology, The Seed plants in readers the desire for a world where no woman is made to feel that her biology is her destiny.