Research Catalog

Title

Technologies of procreation : kinship in the age of assisted conception / Jeanette Edwards [and others].

Publication

New York : Routledge, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Edwards, Jeanette, 1954-

Description

[xiv], 236 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Technologies of Procreation brings a fresh approach to the analysis of the social and cultural implications of assisted conception technologies. It explores how these techniques create the potential for a redefinition of relationships, because it is now possible to create life on behalf of another person. This second edition presents significant new material that enhances the original argument. By drawing on ethnographic studies, household interviews, and debates in government and among clinicians, the authors offer an insightful examination of the transformations of parenthood, procreation and kinship in the context of new reproductive technologies. Successfully bridging the gap between medical technology and cultural values, this book is a welcome addition to the growing field of medical anthropology.

Subjects

• Bibliographies (form)
• Great Britain
• Filiation
• Insémination artificielle humaine > Aspect psychologique
• Procréation médicalement assistée > Droit > Grande-Bretagne
• Insémination artificielle humaine > Aspect social
• Reproduction humaine > Aspect social
• Parenté
• Artificial insemination, Human > Law and legislation > Great Britain
• Human reproduction > Social aspects
• Kinship
• Artificial insemination, Human > Social aspects
• Fertilidade (técnicas;aspectos sociais)
• Técnicas de reprodução (aspectos sociais)
• Verwantschap
• Voortplantingstechnieken
• Biomedische techniek
• Insémination artificielle > Grande-Bretagne
• Artificial insemination
• 44.92 gynecology and obstetrics
• kinship
• Family
• Insemination, Artificial
• Reproductive Techniques > legislation & jurisprudence

Genre/Form

Bibliographies (form)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Question of context / Marilyn Strathern -- Beyond expectation : clinical practices and clinical concerns / Frances Price -- Solutions for life and growth? Collaborative conceptions in reproductive medicine / Frances Price -- Explicit connections : ethnographic enquiry in north-west England / Jeannette Edwards -- Clones, who are they? / Jeanette Edwards -- Negotiated limits : interviews in south-east England / Eric Hirsch -- Glimpses of moments in the 'circuit of culture' / Eric Hirsch -- Making representations : the parliamentary debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act / Sarah Franklin -- 'Orphaned" embryos / Sarah Franklin -- Regulation, substitution and possibility / Marilyn Strathern -- Relational view, 1993 / Marilyn Strathern -- Relational view, 1998 / Marilyn Strathern.

ISBN

• 0415170559
• 9780415170550
• 0415170567
• 9780415170567

LCCN

98035025

OCLC

• ocm39497628
• 39497628
• SCSB-1131520

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library