This volume explores negotiations around 'parenting'in a variety of geographical and
historical locales. By drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives, including the …

Assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization have provoked global
controversy and ethical debate. This book provides a groundbreaking investigation into …

Infertility is a medico-socio-cultural problem associated with gender-based suffering.
Infertility treatment, including assisted reproductive technology (ART), is a human right …

Managing social relationships for childless couples in pro-natalist societies can be a difficult
art to master, and may even become an issue of belonging for both men and women. With …

Recent kinship studies take interest in new reproductive technologies (NRT) such as in vitro
fertilization. Such studies are frequently situated within a larger body of work,'the new …

A ground-breaking ethnographic study of suckling in the Arabian Gulf, this book reenergises
the study of kinship. It analyses the misunderstood and marginalized phenomenon of …

O ano de 2009 marcou o quadragésimo aniversário de um texto pioneiro que apareceu na
revista inglesa Nature e que pressagiava o advento de procedimentos bem sucedidos de …

Based on the research about infertility experiences of women and demand for in vitro
fertilisation treatment in Turkey, this paper discusses how the rhetorical strategies employed …

Introduction We are seated in a small kitchen which serves as the teachers' room during the
regular school day. The director of the Sudanese1 educational program, Judy, looks around …