Infertility and Non-Traditional Family Building From Assisted Reproduction to Adoption in the Media /

• Main Author: Feasey, Rebecca (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Communication.; Social groups.; Family.; Culture.; Gender.; Sociology.; Families.; Families-Social aspects.; Media and Communication.; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.; Culture and Gender.; Gender Studies.
• Physical Description: IX, 276 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030177874
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17787-4

This book examines the representation of infertility, assisted reproduction, miscarriage, adoption and surrogacy in a wide range of media, including blogs, vlogs, social media posts and factual programming. In so doing, it illustrates how pregnancy loss, involuntary childlessness and non-traditional mothering are being depicted across the media landscape. Whilst the topic of motherhood has emerged as a significant area of academic debate, narratives of unsuccessful or unconventional mothering have remained largely absent, even at a time when there is a growing conversation about infertility online. Timely, pertinent and original, the book demonstrates the importance of a broader and more informed cultural discussion about fertility and family building.