The (In)Fertile Body: Discourses and Experiences of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Spain

Abstract

This paper analyzes how an infertile body is shaped by social discourses and reproductive technologies. Reproductive governances are articulated in this context by ideas and social values regarding family and motherhood, the binomial of infertility-TRA, legislation and norms and health professionals' practices. In addition, it shows how diverse infertile bodies experience (and withstand) these reproductive governances. Various sources have been consulted, including newspapers, biographical books, bibliographic sources from specialized literature and interviews carried out by the author.

Citation

Fernández-Jimeno, N. (2022), "The (In)Fertile Body: Discourses and Experiences of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Spain", Guerzoni, C.S. and Mattalucci, C. (Ed.) Reproductive Governance and Bodily Materiality (Emerald Studies in Reproduction, Culture and Society), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 129-146. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-438-020221013