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Narrating Infertility in Spain

Narrating Infertility in Spain

Ross, Catherine Bourland

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Series: Campos Ibéricos: Bucknell Studies in Iberian Literatures and Cultures

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ISBN10: 1684485738
ISBN13: 9781684485734
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Published: Dec 9 2025
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.17 Depth: 8.94
Language: English

The drop in Spanish birth rates in 1998 to their lowest level of 1.1 births per woman was accompanied by a boom in publishing about motherhood. New narrative forms, ranging from blogs to diaries to comics, expressed women's experiences, including ambivalence about motherhood in the face of societal pressures. Narrating Infertility in Spain, the first study of infertility in post-2008 female-authored texts, analyzes discussions of adoption, assisted reproduction, egg and sperm donation, and the decision not to have children due to economic or social instability. By examining the work of writers and vocal activists Silvia Nanclares, Raquel Sánchez-Silva, Samanta Villar, Laura Freixas, and Diana López Varela, Ross situates infertility in Spain within the cultural context of the Great Recession, while considering it as a business, a crisis, a stigma, and a class issue, and offering broader understandings of contemporary fertility challenges in Spain and beyond.

Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

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