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 supp...

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Detaylı Bibliyografya
Asıl Yazarlar: Billett, Paulina (Yazar), Sawyer, Anne-Maree (Yazar)
Müşterek Yazar: SpringerLink (Online service)
Materyal Türü: e-Kitap
Dil:İngilizce
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : 2019.
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Edisyon:1st ed. 2019.
Seri Bilgileri:Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life,
Konular:
Sociology.
Social groups.
Sex.
Digital media.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Gender Studies.
Digital and New Media.
Online Erişim:Full-text access
İçindekiler:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Changing Face of Society: Intimacy and Support in the Online World
  • 3. Finding support in the online world
  • 4. A glance in the mirror: women's reflections on their emotions, bodies and selves
  • 5. Relationships in a fertile world: negotiating alliances and the "pregnant other"
  • 6. Partnering the infertile: the impact of infertility on women's spousal relationships
  • 7. Looking back, moving forward.

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