Reproductive Technologies As Global Form Ethnographies of Knowledge, Practices, and Transnational Encounters |
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Editor:
| Knecht, Michi Beck, Stefan Klotz, Maren |
ISBN: | 978-3-593-39100-7 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
Publisher: | Campus Verlag GmbH
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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In the thirty years since the first "test-tube baby," in-vitro fertilization and other methods of reproductive assistance have become a common aspect of family life and medicine in developed nations--and, increasingly, throughout the world. This collection brings together ethnographic studies of how these reproductive technologies are deployed across a wide variety of nations and cultures, taking special account of how they are linked to aspirations towards modernity--and how...
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In the thirty years since the first "test-tube baby," in-vitro fertilization and other methods of reproductive assistance have become a common aspect of family life and medicine in developed nations--and, increasingly, throughout the world. This collection brings together ethnographic studies of how these reproductive technologies are deployed across a wide variety of nations and cultures, taking special account of how they are linked to aspirations towards modernity--and how they contribute to an ongoing reconfiguration of the boundaries of knowledge and human agency. The resulting volume offers both a current snapshot of the cultural state of reproductive technologies and a plethora of provocative questions for the future.