Jeanette Edwards, Sarah Franklin, Eric Hirsch

Technologies of Procreation

Kinship in the Age of Assisted Conception

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Technologies of Procreation bridges the gap between medical technology and cultural values. It looks at the ways in which the 'technologies of procreation' affect society from an anthropological perspective.

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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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9780415170567
• ISBN-10: 0415170567
• Artikelnr.: 21245920

Autorenporträt

Jeanette Edwards, Sarah Franklin, Eric Hirsch, Frances Price, Marilyn Strathen

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Second Edition Introduction, First Edition: A question of
context; Chapter 1, Beyond expectation: clinical practices and clinical
concern; Chapter 2, Explicit connections: ethnographic enquiry in
north-west England; Chapter 3, Negotiated limits: interviews in south-east
England; Chapter 4, Making representations: the parliamentary debate on the
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act; Chapter 4, Making representations:
the parliamentary debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act;
Chapter 5, Regulation, substitution and possibility; Postscript First
Edition: A relational view Postscript Second Edition