ISBN:
9780415170550
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (252 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Technologies of Procreation : Kinship in the Age of Assisted Conception
DDC:
304.632
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Now available in paperback, this book takes a fresh look at the social and cultural implications of the new reproductive technologies and assisted conception. It has already attracted a wide readership in anthropology, sociology and health
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction to the second edition; Introduction; 1 Beyond expectation; Afterword for Chapter 1 'Solutions for Life and Growth'? Collaborative conceptions in reproductive medicine; 2 Explicit connections; Afterword for Chapter 2 Clones-who are they?; 3 Negotiated limits; Afterword for Chapter 3 Glimpses of moments in the 'circuit of culture'; 4 Making representations; Afterword for Chapter 4 'Orphaned' embryos; 5 Regulation, substitution and possibility; Postscript A relational view; Bibliography
Description / Table of Contents:
Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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