Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America

by Ann V. Bell

Book Overview

Despite the fact that, statistically, women of low socioeconomic status (SES) experience greater difficulty conceiving children, infertility is generally understood to be a wealthy, white woman's issue. In Misconception, Ann V. Bell overturns such historically ingrained notions of infertility by examining the experiences of poor women and women of color. These women, so the stereotype would have it, are simply too fertile. The fertility of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813564794
• ISBN13: 9780813564791
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary