Infertility and Intimacy in an Online Community
This book explores an online support group for women who are infertile. Offering a close-up view of the women's identities and emotions as they navigate the roller-coaster world of infertility, a range of questions are addressed: How do the women seek support? How do they offer support to one another? How are intimacies produced in the online space? Through narrative analysis of online journals and posts, the authors examine the impact of infertility on women's perceptions of their bodies, their struggles with medical professionals, on their relationships with family and friends, and the challenges that a diagnosis of infertility presents to…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Sawyer, Anne-Maree
- ISBN: 978-1-137-44981-8
- EAN: 9781137449818
- Produktnummer: 28973370
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 215 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'797 KB
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2019
- Abbildungen: Bibliographie
Über den Autor
Paulina Billett is Lecturer in Sociology at La Trobe University, Australia. Her current research centres on the experiences of women and explores issues of identity formation and lived experience. Anne-Maree Sawyer is Lecturer in Sociology at La Trobe University, Australia. Her current research focuses on mental health policy and practice, emotion management and the micro-politics of care, and women's narratives in retirement.
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