Achieving procreation : childlessness and IVF in Turkey

Achieving procreation : childlessness and IVF in Turkey 
by Merve Demircioğlu Göknar 
Language: English 
New York : Berghahn, 2015. ©2015. 
xii, 201 pages ; 24 cm. 
ISBN: 9781782386346 ; 1782386343 
Summary: Managing social relationships for childless couples in pro-natalist societies can be a difficult art to master, and may even become an issue of belonging for both men and women. With ethnographic research gathered from two IVF clinics and in two villages in northwestern Turkey, this book explores infertility and assisted reproductive technologies within a secular Muslim population. Göknar investigates the experience of infertility through various perspectives, such as the importance of having a child for women, the mediating role of religion, the power dynamics in same-gender relationships, and the impact of manhood ideologies on the decision for — or against — having IVF. 
Available: http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/GoeknarAchieving

Infertility in the modern world : present and future prospects

Infertility in the modern world : present and future prospects 
by Gillian R Bentley; C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor, editors 
Language: English 
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. 
350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. 
ISBN: 0521643643 ; 9780521643641 
Summary: As we enter the twenty-first century, a number of medical, environmental, and social changes have profoundly affected human reproduction. This book discusses some of the more dramatic changes in an accessible manner, illustrating the ways in which human biology and culture can affect fertility. It provides a unique interdisciplinary perspective on the subject. Topics of discussion include medical technological advances that equip us with potential cures for many causes of infertility; diseases, such as AIDS, that have a devastating impact on the reproductive and social lives of humans; increasing industrialization and the development of fabricated materials that pollute our environment in unforeseen ways with possibly devastating effects on human health and fertility; and social revolutions that profoundly alter human relationships, such as nonmarital unions between heterosexual couples, same-sex relationships, and adoption and surrogacy. 
Available: http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/life-sciences/biological-anthropology-and-primatology/infertility-modern-world-present-and-future-prospects