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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Infertility and Intimacy in an Online Community

Infertility and Intimacy in an Online Community

Billett, Paulina
Sawyer, Anne-Maree

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave MacMillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

General Gender StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1137449802
ISBN13: 9781137449801
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Oct 11 2018
Pages: 215
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

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 support to one another? How are intimacies produced in the online space? Through narrative analysis of online journals and posts, the authors examine the impact of infertility on women's perceptions of their bodies, their struggles with medical professionals, on their relationships with family and friends, and the challenges that a diagnosis of infertility presents to couples.

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