Cyborg Conception: Cultural and Critical Responses to Solo Motherhood by Choice
Author:   Grace Halden
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
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Pages:   161
Publication Date:   05 June 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Grace Halden
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9783031593857


ISBN 10:   3031593855
Pages:   161
Publication Date:   05 June 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Cyborg Conception.- 2. Involuntary Childlessness: Fertility Clinics and the Disadvantaged Solo Mother.- 3. Selfishly Single? Bioethics and the Solo Mother.- 4. Radical or Reckless? Fiction and the Solo Mother.- 5. By Choice: Lived Experience and Memoir.- 6. Conclusion: Choosing to be Solo not Single: Why Language Matters.

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 Grace Halden is a Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. She specialises in reproductive health, reproductive technologies, assisted reproduction (IUI and IVF), donor conception, and bioethics. Her work is interdisciplinary and sits in the juncture between literary studies and medical humanities. Grace is also a solo mother by choice and a professional member of the Donor Conception Network (DCN). She has won several funding grants for her donor conception work (two funded by the Wellcome Institute) and is published widely in the field.

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