Cyborg Conception
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-59385-7 (ISBN)
This book considers the growing popularity of solo motherhood via gamete donation and how this type of "cyborg conception" is narrated in medicine, bioethics, fiction, and memoir. It identifies solo mothers as radical women who exist in a space beyond binarity (male/female dual-rearing dynamic) and heteronormative discourse; solo mothers represent, among other diverse family constructions (such as same-sex couples and throuples), a critical intervention in the dominant narrative of the nuclear family which defines the "ideal" reproductive model. This book combines memoir and scholarly research to present a deeply nuanced and rigorous overview of the solo motherhood phenomenon.
Grace Halden is Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Birkbeck University, UK. She is a specialist in modern and contemporary literature and culture and her work considers the wider global dimensions of the literature she studies. Her expertise is on the human condition, technological impact on society and culture, and assisted reproduction narratives in fiction and non-fiction (primarily British and American). Her first monograph Three Mile Island: The Meltdown Crisis and Nuclear Power in American Popular Culture was published in 2017. She is a professional member of the Donor Conception Network (DCN) and has won two funding grants for donor conception work (both funded by the Wellcome institute) and published two journal articles in the field.
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.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.06.2024 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XI, 161 p. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Schlagworte | assisted reproduction • Bioethics • Fiction • gamete donation • Medicine • Memoir • solo motherhood |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-59385-5 / 3031593855 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-59385-7 / 9783031593857 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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