Achieving Procreation

Childlessness and IVF in Turkey
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78238-634-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

Reihe: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives

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 ethnographic research gathered from two IVF clinics and in two villages in northwestern Turkey, this book explores infertility and assisted reproductive technologies within a secular Muslim population. Göknar investigates the experience of infertility through various perspectives, such as the importance of having a child for women, the mediating role of religion, the power dynamics in same-gender relationships, and the impact of manhood ideologies on the decision for — or against — having IVF.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Göknar, Merve Demircio¿lu

Göknar, Merve Demircioglu

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Desire to Have a Child

Chapter 2. Religion as Discourse and Practice

Chapter 3. Childlessness among Kin and Friends

Chapter 4. Manhood Ideologies and IVF

Chapter 5. Achievement and Procreation

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Göknar, Merve Demircioglu
Merve Demircioglu Göknar is a medical anthropologist who specializes in reproduction, gender and religion. Her research interests include local healing practices and Buddhism in Sri Lanka, assisted reproductive technologies and infertility in Turkey, and birth experiences of women and parenting practices in California. She is currently an independent researcher.