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Infertility

Tracing the History of a Transformative Term
  • ISBN-13: 9780271076195
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Robin E. Jensen
  • Price: AUD $152.00
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  • Local release date: 14/12/2016
  • Format: Hardback 240 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History of medicine [MBX]
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Analyzes how infertility has been defined in and across technical, mainstream, and lay communities, and how different, emergent conceptualizations of infertility have had implications for individuals and the societies in which they live.


Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: From Barren to Sterile: The Evolution of a Mixed Metaphor

Chapter 2: Vital Forces Conserved: Narrating Energy Conservation and Human Reproduction at the Turn-of-the-Century

Chapter 3: Improving Upon Nature: The Rise of Reproductive Endocrinology and Chemical Theories of Fertility

Chapter 4: Psychogenic Infertility: The Unconscious Defense Against Motherhood

Chapter 5: Fertility in Clinical Time: The Integration of Scientific Specialties as Infertility Studies

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index


“Jensen’s book, which will likely have the greatest appeal for historians with an interest in theory and method, further demonstrates the significance and value of cross-disciplinary inquiry to the history of science and medicine.”

—Margaret Marsh, Isis: Journal of the History of Science Society

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