ISBN:
9781009299220
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (220 pages)
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Abstract:
Examines and deconstructs the highly interrelated biological, social, legal and moral concepts and practices that make up parenthood today.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Babies, Blueprints, and Blood Ties: What Makes a Biological Parent? -- 1.1 Who Are the Biological Parents? -- 1.2 Discrepancies in Definition -- 1.3 Justifying the Geneticist Position -- 1.4 Interests at Stake -- 1.5 'Flesh of My Flesh' -- 1.6 Who Wants to Be a Biological Parent? -- 1.7 Negative Rights and Biological Parenthood -- 1.8 Frozen Embryos, or 'What's Yours Is Mine and What's Mine Is Mine' -- 1.9 Unwanted Genetic Connections -- 1.10 Ectogenesis and Maternal Obligation -- 1.11 Conclusions -- Chapter 2 Social Roles, Stereotypes, and Being 'Seen' as a Parent -- 2.1 What Is Social Parenthood? -- 2.2 Becoming a Social Parent -- 2.3 Distance, Money, and Contracts -- 2.4 Is There a Universal Parenthood Role? -- 2.5 The Maternal Body and Self-Sacrifice -- 2.6 (Changing) Standards of Nurture -- 2.7 Maternal Thinking, Maternal Power -- 2.8 Who Is Bringing Up Baby? -- 2.9 Hegemonic Masculinity and the 'New Dad' -- 2.10 What Are Fathers Expected to Do? -- 2.11 Fathers and Fertility -- 2.12 Conclusions -- Chapter 3 'Do You Have a Licence for That?' Legal Parenthood and Transfers of Children -- 3.1 Defining Our Terms -- 3.2 Codifying Existing Expectations -- 3.3 Biological Relationships, Property, and Responsibility -- 3.4 Conditions for (Original and Acquired) Parental Rights -- 3.5 Parental Licensing -- 3.6 Father-Rights and Father-Wrongs -- 3.7 Surrogacy and Adoption -- 3.8 Transfers of Children -- 3.9 Children as Commodities -- 3.10 Regulation of Surrogacy: In Theory, but Not in Practice? -- 3.11 Working to Contract -- 3.12 Conclusions -- Chapter 4 Duties, Dilemmas, and (Re)distribution: Moral Perspectives on Parenthood -- 4.1 What We Talk about When We Talk about Moral Parenthood.
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