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Book SynopsisCommunicating Intimate Health presents an edited collection of original, empirical research, personal essays, autoethnography, critical reviews, and theoretical work showcasing advances in intimate health research from the field of communication studies. Intimate health includes sexual and reproductive health, sexual activity, sexuality, gender, and reproductive justice. The contributors vulnerably engage subjects including: parent-child, partner, patient-provider, and larger societal discourse and communication about sexuality education, HIV, family planning, purity pledges, (in)fertility, breastfeeding, and Black maternal health, sexting, boundary setting, consent, border justice, trauma, contraception, and menstruation, among others. Featuring both new research and vulnerable reflections on the research process, Communicating Intimate Health showcases the potential of communication scholarship to engage intimately with intimate topics.
Table of ContentsTable of Content
Introduction: Communicating Intimate Health: From the Bedroom to the Doctor’s Office
Valerie Rubinsky & Angela Cooke-Jackson
Part 1: Absence as a Theme of Intimate Health Communication
Chapter 1: Sweet Nothings: A Journey of (Gay) Sex without Condoms
By Andrew Spieldenner & Nic Flores
Chapter 2: “Why Don’t All Parents Talk About This Stuff:” Informational, Emotional, and Cultural Barriers to Meaningful Parent-Child Conversations About Sex
By Amanda Holman
Chapter 3: “The Sex Talk was Taboo… So was Wearing a Tampon:” Sexual and Menstrual Health Conversations among Young Latina and Latinx Women and Gender Minorities
By Ashley Aragón and Angela Cooke-Jackson
Chapter 4: Intimate Conversations about Sex and Sexuality: Lessons Learned from Studying Purity Pledges
By Jimmie Manning
Chapter 5: Intimate Communication Guidelines for Transformative Sexual Education
By Angela Cooke-Jackson, Taylor McMahon, and Kavita Shah
Chapter 6: The (S)lack of Queer Healthcare in Appalachia
By Katy A. Ross
Part 2: Interpersonal Communication and Health Intimacies
Chapter 7: Theory of Memorable Messages: Theorizing Message Disruption
By Angela Cooke-Jackson & Valerie Rubinsky
Chapter 8: Beyond the Binaries of Sexual Consent: Developing Consent Identities through Diversification of Sexual Messaging
By Rachel Hanebutt
Chapter 9: Disrupting Sexual Communication: An Exploration and Application of Boundary-Setting Conversations in BDSM, Polyamorous, and LGBTQ Relationships
By Valerie Rubinsky & Monica Roldán
Chapter 10: “But I Can’t Talk to My Doctor About That!” Tips for Young Adults to Improve Sexual Communication with Health Providers.
By Carey Noland
Chapter 11: Technology and Sexual Health Communication Among Black and Latinx Young Women
By Carina M. Zelaya and Diane B. Francis
Part 3: Maternal Health & Motherhood
Chapter 12: Interpersonal Communication Surrounding Infertility and Miscarriage: Considerations Under the Gaze of the Master Narrative of Motherhood
By Haley Kranstuber Horstman and Shaye Morrison
Chapter 13: From “Breast is Best” to “Your Choice” – Memorable Messages Mothers Receive about Breastfeeding
By Angela M. Hosek, Heather Matthys, and Kelly M. Weikle
Chapter 14: Caregiving Throughout Herstory: The Role of Doula on African Descent Women’s Health Outcomes
By Shukura Ayoluwa Umi
Part 4: Trauma, Structural Violence, and Intimate Health
Chapter 15: Migrant Gender Violence, Reproductive Health, and the Intersections of Reproductive Justice and Health Communication
By Leandra H. Hernández and Sarah De Los Santos Upton
Chapter 16: Historical and Intergenerational Trauma and Radical Love
By Andrew Jolivétte
Part 5: Negotiating Identity in Intimate Health Research: Considerations and Opportunities
Chapter 17: Researching Marginalized Populations in Intimate Health Communication: Observations from the Field
By Angela Cooke-Jackson, Valerie Rubinsky, Andrew Spieldenner, Nicole Hudak, Ashley Aragón, and Jacqueline Gunning
Chapter 18: Negotiating Identity in Queer Pregnancy and Birth Control Research
By Nicole Hudak
Chapter 19: A Dialogic Forum on Feminist Implications of Birth Control Research
By Jacqueline Gunning and Nicole Hudak
Conclusion: A Love Letter to Vulnerability
By Valerie Rubinsky & Angela Cooke-Jackson
