{"product_id":"narrating-infertility-in-spain-9781684485734","title":"Narrating Infertility in Spain","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe drop in Spanish birth rates in 1998 to their lowest level of 1.1 births per woman was accompanied by a boom in publishing about motherhood. New narrative forms, ranging from blogs to diaries to comics, expressed women's experiences, including ambivalence about motherhood in the face of societal pressures. \u003ci\u003eNarrating Infertility in Spain, \u003c\/i\u003ethe first study of infertility in post-2008 female-authored texts, analyzes discussions of adoption, assisted reproduction, egg and sperm donation, and the decision not to have children due to economic or social instability. By examining the work of writers and vocal activists Silvia Nanclares, Raquel Sánchez-Silva, Samanta Villar, Laura Freixas, and Diana López Varela, Ross situates infertility in Spain within the cultural context of the Great Recession, while considering it as a business, a crisis, a stigma, and a class issue, and offering broader understandings of contemporary fertility challenges in Spain and beyond. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCATHERINE BOURLAND ROSS is a professor of Spanish at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bucknell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764023001362,"sku":"9781684485734","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7c5266db-35fd-4c6d-a8d9-dfd1b9ef610b.jpg?v=1764750535","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/narrating-infertility-in-spain-9781684485734","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}