A Child of One's Own: Parental Stories

by Rachel Bowlby

Among the elementary human stories, parenthood has tended to go without saying. Compared to the spectacular attachments of romantic love, it is only the predictable sequel. Compared to the passions of childhood, it is just a background. But in recent decades, far-reaching changes in typical family forms and in procreative possibilities (through reproductive technologies) have brought out new questions. Why do people want (or not want) to be parents?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019960794X
• ISBN13: 9780199607945
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.8"