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When IVF Fails

Feminism, Infertility and the Negotiation of Normality

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  1. Karen Throsby

    1. London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Karen Throsby
    Pages 1-19

  3. A Feminist Approach to IVF

    • Karen Throsby
    Pages 20-53

  4. Normalising IVF: Negotiating Nature and Technology

    • Karen Throsby
    Pages 54-79

  5. Coping with Consumption

    • Karen Throsby
    Pages 80-108

  6. Managing Visibility

    • Karen Throsby
    Pages 109-133

  7. Taking Responsibility

    • Karen Throsby
    Pages 134-161

  8. Seeking Resolution

    • Karen Throsby
    Pages 162-186

  9. Conclusion

    • Karen Throsby
    Pages 187-194

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 195-223
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About this book

In spite of the fact that almost eighty percent of all IVF cycles are unsuccessful, the dominant representations of the technology are of its success. Based on extensive interviews with women and couples who have undergone IVF unsuccessfully and who have since stopped treatment, and taking an overtly feminist approach, the book explores the ways in which IVF failure is experienced and accounted for. The book argues that IVF failure and the end of treatment have to be carefully managed over time in order to construct the self as 'normal' in the profoundly gendered context of reproductive normativity. Treatment failure is identified in the book not only as a central, but largely excluded, aspect of the experience of IVF, but also of a proliferating range of new, more controversial reproductive and genetic technologies.

Authors and Affiliations

  • London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

    Karen Throsby

About the author

KAREN THROSBY is a Lecturer in Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Her current research interests include pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and the donation of embryos for stem cell research. She has previously published articles on a variety of aspects of IVF failure and the end of treatment.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: When IVF Fails

  • Book Subtitle: Feminism, Infertility and the Negotiation of Normality

  • Authors: Karen Throsby

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230505704

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-3554-0Published: 20 August 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-99976-7Published: 20 August 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50570-4Published: 19 August 2004

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 223

  • Topics: Gender Studies, Feminism, Reproductive Medicine, Sociology, general

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