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Dear Colleagues,
I am very pleased to announce the publication of my book Achieving Procreation: Childlessness and IVF in Turkey by Berghahn Books as part of their Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality series. The book is an ethnography of childlessness in northwestern Turkey. With a focus on social relationships, it explores the cultural dynamics of being childless as well as the gendered demand for in vitro fertilization.
Achieving Procreation is available for purchase through Berghahn and Amazon. For only a couple of days (the offer ends on July 31), the book can be purchased with a 50% discount with the flyer below.
https://www.berghahnbooks.com/extras/docs/flyer/GoeknarAchieving_9781782386346.html
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.
“Many women in Turkey feel (or are made to feel) that they are not complete or fully adult until they produce a child, preferably a boy. . .This book tells the stories of childless women who resort to IVF at great expense and much suffering in order to achieve that status. A poignant call for changes in this patriarchal culture.” · Carol Delaney, Professor Emerita, Stanford University.
Regards,
Merve Goknar, PhD
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