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About the Author
KATHERINE M. JOHNSON is a professor of sociology and director of gender and sexuality studies at Tulane University. Her research focuses on the sociology of reproduction, and explores themes such as stratified reproduction, postmodern family building, motherhood, and medical and technological interventions into reproduction. Through this work, she has examined a range of reproductive topics including infertility, collaborative reproduction, abortion, childbirth, and breastfeeding. More recently she has also started working on issues of campus sexual violence and the transformative possibilities of feminist pedagogy to create healthier and safer campus cultures. Her work has appeared in both academic and practitioner-oriented journals.
Reviews
"Undoing Motherhood is fascinating and unique; there is really no other published work that empirically examines the issues, debates, and contestations about maternity from the meso-level/organizational level that shape definitions about maternity and ensuing contestations when assisted reproductive technologies are involved."
-- Susan Markens * author of Surrogate Motherhood and the Politics of Motherhood *"Undoing Motherhood beautifully weaves together the worlds of reproductive medicine and the law to explore how technology has complicated the meaning of motherhood. The book is a compelling story of how new reproductive technologies have profoundly affected our conceptions of parenthood."
-- Naomi R. Cahn * author of The New Kinship: Constructing Donor-Conceived Families *
"Undoing Motherhood, in considering the multiple ways in which contemporary assisted reproduction complicates conventional views of motherhood, provides a deeply researched, thought-provoking study worthy of a broad, interdisciplinary readership."
* Gender & Society *Book Information
ISBN 9781978808676
Author Katherine M. Johnson
Format Paperback
Page Count 204
Imprint Rutgers University Press
Publisher Rutgers University Press
Weight(grams) 45g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 18mm