Dato
16.11.2007

Klokka
11:30

Øvre Lysthus, 2.etg

What is "baby fever"? Longing for children as a generational and gendered emotion.

The talk is based on texts by Finnish women about their experiences of "baby fever", a lay expression referring to strong longing for children. I present three types of "baby fever" experiences and discuss contrasting scientific explanations for this emotion from the fields of anthropology, feminist constructionism, evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics.

Anna Rotkirch is a docent in women's studies and social policy (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Director of Family research at the Finnish Family Federation.

Nettsider
http://uit.no/130/7766/

Kontaktperson
Ingeborg Solvang

Epost
ingeborg.solvang@skk.uit.no

Tlf/mobil
99166299