Conceiving Contemporary Parenthood: Imagining, Achieving and Accounting for Parenthood in New Family Forms

With the global expansion of reproductive technologies, there are ever more ways to create a family, and more family types than ever before. This book explores the experiences of those persons - whether single, in a couple, or part of collective co-parenting arrangements; whether hetero- or homosexual; whether cis- or transgender - who are creating what has been termed ‘new family forms’ with reproductive ‘assistance’.

Drawing on qualitative research from around the world, the book is parti...