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Author:   Corinna Sabrina Guerzoni (University of Bologna, Italy) ,  Claudia Mattalucci (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.444kg
ISBN:  

9781800714397

ISBN 10:   1800714394
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   07 April 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Governing reproduction through the matter; Corinna Sabrina Guerzoni and Claudia Mattalucci Chapter 1. When the body comes back to strengthen identity and communities; Dominique Memmi I Parents by bodies Chapter 2. Fighting medicalization, feeling full parents: the choice of natural childbirth in Italy; Chiara Quagliariello  Chapter 3. Breastfeeding and the production of maternal bodies as part of holistic care in Switzerland; Caroline Chautems Chapter 4. Interconnected Experiences and Bodies in US Surrogacy; Corinna Sabrina Guerzoni  II Body’s imaginaries and ontologies Chapter 5. Abortion, pregnancy losses and the afterlife of bodies, bonds and memories in Italy; Claudia Mattalucci Chapter 6. Embodying contraception: Women’s representations of the body and reproductive technologies in India; Lucia Gentile  Chapter 7. Untangling toxicity in birth practices: Placenta politics in the US and Uganda; Kara Miller  III Reproductive and bodily disruptions Chapter 8. The (in)fertile body: Discourses on Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Spain; Natalia Fernández-Jimeno Chapter 9. Infertility as a gendered social experience in Italy (Lombardy): sense of self and modality of action; Léa Linconstant Chapter 10. Reproductive exclusion: French clients of cross-border reproductive care in Barcelona; Alexandra Desy and Diana Marre Chapter 11. The misleading body: Reproducing a “defective child” in Italy; Rossana Di Silvio

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Corinna Sabrina Guerzoni is a Research Fellow at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy. Her previously research has been focused on reproductive technologies, gay parenting, new family configurations mostly between Italy and the USA. Claudia Mattalucci is Associate Professor in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Milano-Bicocca University. Her research interests include gendered bodies; kinship and reproduction; abortion and pregnancy loss. She published several articles and edited and co-edited books on these topics.

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