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| Author | : Laura L. Lovett |
| Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
| Total Pages | : 249 |
| Release | : 2009-11-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0807868108 |
Through nostalgic idealizations of motherhood, family, and the home, influential leaders in early twentieth-century America constructed and legitimated a range of reforms that promoted human reproduction. Their pronatalism emerged from a modernist conviction that reproduction and population could be regulated. European countries sought to regulate or encourage reproduction through legislation; America, by contrast, fostered ideological and cultural ideas of pronatalism through what Laura Lovett calls "nostalgic modernism," which romanticized agrarianism and promoted scientific racism and eugenics. Lovett looks closely at the ideologies of five influential American figures: Mary Lease's maternalist agenda, Florence Sherbon's eugenic "fitter families" campaign, George Maxwell's "homecroft" movement of land reclamation and home building, Theodore Roosevelt's campaign for conservation and country life, and Edward Ross's sociological theory of race suicide and social control. Demonstrating the historical circumstances that linked agrarianism, racism, and pronatalism, Lovett shows how reproductive conformity was manufactured, how it was promoted, and why it was coercive. In addition to contributing to scholarship in American history, gender studies, rural studies, and environmental history, Lovett's study sheds light on the rhetoric of "family values" that has regained currency in recent years.
| Author | : Amy Laura Hall |
| Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 461 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Family & Relationships |
| ISBN | : 0802839363 |
"The book is replete with photos and advertisements from popular magazines from the 1930s through the 1950s."--Jacket.
| Author | : Raymond Chang |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
| Release | : 2009-06-27 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 0446562262 |
The best of Eastern & Western medicine is combined by physician-acupuncturist Raymond Chang, who offers individualized strategies for the millions of couples who want to improve their odds of conceiving.
| Author | : Victoria Maizes |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 2013-02-05 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 1451645481 |
From an internationally recognized integrative physician, a thorough guide to fertility that encompasses all aspects of female well-being to help women prepare their bodies for easy conception, pregnancy, and the delivery of healthy babies. The increase in environmental toxins, processed foods, and stress, as well as the advancing ages at which couples seek to have children, have made it more difficult for women to conceive. In Be Fruitful, Dr. Victoria Maizes, an expert on women’s health and the executive director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, delivers all the information women and their partners need in order to conceive with ease and confidence, and to bear healthy children. Warm, friendly, and hands-on, Be Fruitful offers a comprehensive self-assessment to help identify any potential physical, emotional, and practical roadblocks that may interfere with conception, as well as clear and easy-to-follow dietary, supplemental, and exercise recommendations proven to increase optimal fertility. Dr. Maizes details how nutrition, mind-body practices, elimination of environmental toxins, and traditional Chinese medicine can all contribute to a successful pregnancy. Unique in its integrative approach, Be Fruitful acknowledges that wellness comes from caring for the entire person—not just the physical body—a crucial factor for the countless women trying to conceive and committed to transforming their overall health.
| Author | : Toni Weschler |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : 529 |
| Release | : 2015-07-14 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 0062409913 |
This new edition for the twentieth anniversary of the groundbreaking national bestseller provides all the information you need to monitor your menstrual cycle—along with updated information on the latest reproductive technologies Are you unhappy with your current method of birth control? Or demoralized by your quest to have a baby? Do you experience confusing signs and symptoms at various times in your cycle? This invaluable resource provides the answers to your questions while giving you amazing insights into your body. Taking Charge of Your Fertility has helped literally hundreds of thousands of women avoid pregnancy naturally, maximize their chances of getting pregnant, or simply gain better control of their gynecological and sexual health. Toni Weschler thoroughly explains the empowering Fertility Awareness Method (FAM), which in only a couple of minutes a day allows you to: Enjoy highly effective and scientifically proven birth control without chemicals or devices Maximize your chances of conception before you see a doctor or resort to invasive high-tech options Expedite your fertility treatment by quickly identifying impediments to pregnancy achievement Gain control and a true understanding of your gynecological and sexual health This new edition includes: A fully revised and intuitive charting system A selection of personalized master charts for birth control, pregnancy achievement, breastfeeding, and menopause An expanded sixteen-page color insert that reflects the book’s most important concepts Six brand-new chapters on topics including balancing hormones naturally, preserving your future fertility, and three medical conditions all women should be aware of
| Author | : Julia Indichova |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1998-06 |
| Genre | : Child rearing |
| ISBN | : 9780966007855 |
MED Personal narratives are an important consumer health resource, and Inconceivable is no exception. At 42, Indichova was told that in vitro fertilization using donated eggs represented her only chance for a second child. The book relates her journey through secondary infertility to a successful, spontaneous pregnancy, which she credits to her use of alternative healing practices from acupuncture to imagery to yoga. This is the first such account written from a patient's perspective. Indichova is a Czech immigrant and a teacher with a theatrical background, which makes for an interesting narrative. Unfortunately, her cafeteria-style approach to alternative medicine is more likely to confuse than enlighten readers who lack experience with this subject. The real value of her account is its stress on personal empowerment. This book will make any reader feel stronger, no matter what her medical politics. Recommended for libraries with strong collections in women's health but not for alternative medicine collections. Catherine Arnott Smith, Ctr. for Biomedical Informatics, Univ. of Pittsburgh-
| Author | : Peter Lawler |
| Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9781555875077 |
Places the work of Johan Galtung in the context of past and current debates in international relations, political theory, and more generally, in the social sciences. This comprehensive and critical account scrutinises Galtung's conceptual icons, such as, positive peace and structural violence.
| Author | : Marilyn Glenville |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 9780871319555 |
An internationally known nutritional expert has found that couples can maximise their chances of getting pregnant by making changes in diet and lifestyle. In a recent scientific study an astonishing 80 percent of couples who used the methods outlined in this book conceived naturally and gave birth to healthy babies. This groundbreaking treatment includes: A simple four month pre-conception plan; Practical advice on which supplements and foods are vital for fertility; What to do to prevent a miscarriage.
| Author | : Arthur L. Wisot |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : |
Fully updated to include the latest scientific advancements, Conceptions and Misconceptions is a guided tour through the complex world of infertility treatments and clinics. Respected fertility specialists provide valuable knowledge to consumers about the proper diagnosis and treatment of infertility problems. They explore basic fertility enhancement methods, alternative treatments, and guide the reader through assisted reproduction techniques. This book helps demystify the "alphabet soup" of assisted reproduction. A new chapter explores alternative infertility treatments, including Chinese medicine, and the authors also provide tips for evaluating infertility programs.
| Author | : Kathryn M. Kueny |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 406 |
| Release | : 2013-11-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 143844785X |
Explores how medieval Muslim theologians constructed a female gender identity based on an ideal of maternity and how women contested it. Conceiving Identities explores how medieval Muslim theologians appropriate a womans reproductive power to construct a female gender identity in which maternity is a central component. Through a close analysis of seventh- through fourteenth-century exegetical works, medical treatises, legal pronouncements, historiographies, zoologies, and other literary materials, this study considers how medieval Muslim scholars map the female reproductive body according to broader, cosmological schemes to generate a womans role as mother. By close consideration of folk medicine and magic, this book also reveals how medieval women contest the traditional maternal identities imagined for them and thereby reinvent themselves as mothers and Muslims. This innovative examination of the discourse and practices surrounding maternity forges new ground as it takes up the historical and epistemic construction of medieval Muslim womens identities.
