The Palgrave Handbook of Infertility in History Approaches, Contexts and Perspectives

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Synopsis

This ground-breaking, interdisciplinary volume provides an overdue assessment of how infertility has been understood, treated and experienced in different times and places. It brings together scholars from disciplines including history, literature, psychology, philosophy, and the social sciences to create the first large-scale review of recent research on the history of infertility. Through exploring an unparalleled range of chronological periods and geographical regions, it develops historical perspectives on an apparently transhistorical experience. It shows how experiences of infertility, access to treatment, and medical perspectives on this ‘condition’ have been mediated by social, political, and cultural discourses. The handbook reflects on and interrogates different approaches to the history of infertility, including the potential of cross-disciplinary perspectives and the uses of different kinds of historical source material, and includes lists of research resources to aid teachers and researchers. It is an essential ‘go-to’ point for anyone interested in infertility and its history.

Book details

Edition:
1st ed. 2017
Author:
Tracey Loughran, Gayle Davis
ISBN:
9781137520807
Related ISBNs:
9781137520791
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2021-04-09
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2017
Copyright by:
Gayle Davis, Tracey Loughran 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Medicine, Nonfiction, Social Studies