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  • Brown Bodies, White Babies

    The Politics of Cross-Racial Surrogacy

    Serier Bog 9 - Intersections
    Brown Bodies, White Babies focuses on the practice of cross-racial gestational surrogacy, in which a woman - through in-vitro fertilization using the sperm and egg of intended parents or donors - carries a pregnancy for intended parents of a different race. Focusing on the racial differences between parents and surrogates, this book is interested in how reproductive technologies intersect with ... Læs mere

    204,37 kr.

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  • Getting to 30

    A Parent's Guide to the 20-Something Years

    “This is the book parents have been waiting for”—Michael Thompson, coauthor of Raising Cain. The book that is “helpful, hopeful, and engaging”—Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph.D., Columbia University. It is the book that addresses the new reality for parents of kids in their 20s and the issues that everyone in the media is talking about: When will this new generation of 20-somethings leave home, find love, ... Læs mere

    65,48 kr.

  • Families and Faith

    How Religion is Passed Down across Generations

    Winner of the Distinguished Book Award from American Sociology Association Sociology of Religion Section Winner of the Richard Kalish Best Publication Award from the Gerontological Society of America Few things are more likely to cause heartache to devout parents than seeing their child leave the faith. And it seems, from media portrayals, that this is happening more and more frequently. But is ... Læs mere

    188,57 kr.

  • Killers in the Family

    Inside a Real Family of Criminals Bound by Blood

    Everyone in the neighborhood thought the Reese family was no good, but it would be twenty-six years before they really learned how bad they were…In July 2008, there were a rash of murders in Indianapolis, three of which occurred during robberies committed by Brian Reese. It turned out he learned his life of crime at home: his father, Paul Sr., who served as his lookout man, had been in and out of ... Læs mere

    41,58 kr.

  • Adoption

    A Brief Social and Cultural History

    af P. Conn ...
    Serier serie Social Sciences (R0)
    Combining advocacy and memoir with social and cultural history, this book offers a comparative, cross-cultural survey of the whole history of adoption that is grounded in the author's personal experience. ... Læs mere

    349,02 kr.

  • Labor of Love

    Gestational Surrogacy and the Work of Making Babies

    Serier serie Families in Focus
    While the practice of surrogacy has existed for millennia, new fertility technologies have allowed women to act as gestational surrogates, carrying children that are not genetically their own. While some women volunteer to act as gestational surrogates for friends or family members, others get paid for performing this service. The first ethnographic study of gestational surrogacy in the United ... Læs mere

    213,49 kr.

  • Coping with your Grown Children

    Serier serie Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Coping With Your Grown Children is the only book to analyze-and lay out specific coping strategies for dealing with-the problems today's parents face with their adult offspring such as: • failure of the child to really "grow up" or achieve full potential • unemptied nests • moving back home after broken marriages • turning your home into a "daycare center" for your grandchildren • substance abuse, ... Læs mere

    214,72 kr.

  • Relative Strangers: Family Life, Genes and Donor Conception

    Serier serie Social Sciences (R0)
    With reproductive medical technologies becoming more accessible, assisted donor conception is raising new and important questions about family life. Using in-depth interviews the authors explore the lived reality of donor conception and offer insights into the complexities of these new family relationships. ... Læs mere

    466,89 kr.

  • Making a Good Life

    An Ethnography of Nature, Ethics, and Reproduction

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  • Global Marriage

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    af Lucy Williams ...
    Serier serie Social Sciences (R0)
    The popular imagination of marriage migration has been influenced by stories of marriage of convenience, of forced marriage, trafficking and of so-called mail-order brides. This book presents a uniquely global view of an expanding field that challenges these and other stereotypes of cross-border marriage. ... Læs mere

    466,89 kr.

  • Understanding Global Sexualities

    New Frontiers

    Serier serie Sexuality, Culture and Health
    Over the course of the past thirty years, there has been an explosion of work on sexuality, both conceptually and methodologically. From a relatively limited, specialist field, the study of sexuality has expanded across a wide range of social sciences. Yet as the field has grown, it has become apparent that a number of leading edge critical issues remain.This theory-building book explores some of ... Læs mere

    514,88 kr.

  • Reproductive Ageing

    Serier serie Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Study Group
    Reproductive ageing affects both individuals and wider society, and obstetricians and gynaecologists are witness to the impact of reproductive ageing and to some of the fears and misapprehensions of the general public. This book raises awareness of societal trends and their implications. The wider importance of the subject to the whole of society is emphasized by contributions from outside the ... Læs mere

    919,66 kr.