The rhetoric of belief and identity making in the experience of infertility

Culture and Religion

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-67

  Demircioǧlu, Merve ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Mesa Yanki Evler 3B1   (Turkey)

Author keywords

God's will; infertility; masculinity; rhetoric; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952874489     PISSN: 14755610     EISSN: 14755629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14755610903528846     Document Type: Article

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