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Whilesignicantresearchhasbeenproducedintheeldofdisabilitystudieslittleattentionhasbeenpaidtoexperiencesofchronicillness.WorkingBodiesemphasizestheworkplaceasanimportantsiteforunderstandingsuchexperiencesasemploymentstatushasanenormousimpactonsocialandeconomicstandinginCanadiansociety.Theessaysinthiscollectionexaminetheperspectivesofbothworkersandemployerspaintingadisturbingpictureofthechallengesthatpeoplewithchronicillnessfaceinanalreadydemandinglabourmarket.ThefocusontheCanadianworkplaceallowsforanin-depthunderstandingofthiscontextandformeaningfulcomparisonsbetweenpopulationsandacrossworkplaceenvironments.Contributorsincludescholarsandpractitionersindisabilitystudieshealthsciencesgeographyoccupationaltherapysociologyandlabourrelationstheirexpertknowledgerangingfromtheimperativesofemployerstolivedexperiencesofchronicillnesstotheapplicationofworkplacepolicy.Bycombiningresearch-basedchapterswithpersonalreectionsonworkandchronicillnessWorkingBodiesgroundsitselfinexistingscholarshipwhileopeningupnewavenuesofdiscussion.Forafulllistoncontributorspleasevisitmqup.ca.Sharon-DaleStoneisprofessorandchairofsociologyatLakeheadUniver-sity.ValorieA.CrooksisassociateprofessorintheDepartmentofGeogra-phyatSimonFraserUniversity.MichelleOwenisassociateprofessorintheDepartmentofDisabilityStudiesattheUniversityofWinnipeg.Ideasofchoiceandrightstraditionallydominatediscussionsconcerningreproductionandgenderpolitics.FertileGroundarguesthatthecurrentpoliticalclimateinCanadanecessitatesabroaderunderstandingofthelinksbetweenthepoliticsofreproductionthestateandgenderrelations.Threemajorthemesaredevelopedinthebookwomenslivedexperi-encestheroleofthestateinreproductivepoliticsanddiscoursesaroundreproduction.ContributorsexamineunequalaccesstoinvitrofertilizationtreatmentsdependinguponclassraceagedisabilityandhealthstatuscritiqueHealthCanadasadherencetoamedicalmodelofbreastfeedinganalyzemarketingcampaignsforbirth-controlproductsandrecounttheAamjiwnaangFirstNationsexperienceofseekingrecognitionforreproduc-tivehealthconcerns.FertileGroundlinksreproductiontomarginalizationcontestationandthestateinordertoilluminatethecontinuityofreproduc-tivemomentsandtheirimplicationsforidentityactivismpolicyformationandfurtherscholarship.AtimelyandmultidisciplinaryaccountofreproductionandgenderpoliticsinCanadaFertileGroundwillinterestacademicsactivistsandprofessionalsinvolvedintheareasofwomensstudiespoliticssociologyandpublichealth.Forafulllistoncontributorspleasevisitmqup.ca.StephaniePatersonisassociateprofessorintheDepartmentofPoliticalScienceatConcordiaUniversity.FrancescaScalaisassociateprofessorintheDepartmentofPoliticalScienceatConcordiaUniversity.MarleneK.SokolonisassociateprofessorintheDepartmentofPoliticalScienceatConcordiaUniversity.38MQUPSPRING2014WOMENSSTUDIESPOLITICALSCIENCESOCIOLOGYDISABILITYSTUDIESSPECIFICATIONSJune2014978-0-7735-4378-229.95ACDNpaper978-0-7735-4377-5100.00SCDN100.00SUS75.00cloth6x9216ppSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailableSPECIFICATIONSJune2014978-0-7735-4369-034.95ACDNpaper978-0-7735-4368-3125.00SCDN125.00SUS94cloth6x9384pp7bwphotos2tables1diagramSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailableFertileGroundExploringReproductioninCanadaeditedbystephaniepatersonfrancescascalaandmarlenek.sokolonInterrogatingandintegratingthevariousaspectsofwomensreproductivelivestoexposethepoliticaldimensionsofreproduction.WorkingBodiesChronicIllnessintheCanadianWorkplaceeditedbysharon-dalestonevaloriea.crooksandmichelleowenAninformativelookattheexperienceofnavigatingtheCanadianworkplacewhilelivingwithchronicillness.