Reproducing reproduction : kinship, power, and technological innovation / edited by Sarah Franklin and Helena Ragoné.

Other author Franklin, Sarah, 1960-
Other author Ragoné, Helena.
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1998.
Descriptionvi, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Human Genome Project.
Human reproduction--Social aspects.
Human reproductive technology--Social aspects.
Kinship.

Contents Image of contradiction. obstetrical ultrasound in American culture / Janelle S. Taylor -- Provisional normalcy and "perfect babies": pregnant women's attitudes toward disability in the context of prenatal testing / Nancy Press, Carole H. Browner, Diem Tran, Christine Morton, and Barbara Le Master -- Producing reproduction: techniques of normalization and naturalization in infertility clinics / Charis Cussins -- Making miracles: scientific progress and the facts of life / Sarah Franklin -- Incontestable motivations / Helena Ragoné -- Irishness, eurocitizens, and reproductive rights / Laury Oaks -- Rights to the children: foster care and social reproduction in Hawai'I / Judith Modell -- A biodiversity sampler for the millennium / Corinne P. Hayden -- Replicating reproduction in artificial life: or, the essence of life in the age of virtual electronic reproduction / Stefan Helmreich.
Local noteLittle-349128--305131055306W
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97036945
ISBN0812233522 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780812233520 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0812215842 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780812215847 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GN482.1 .R46 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold