Technologies of Procreation : Kinship in the Age of Assisted Conception

ISBN-13: 9780415170567 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 256 str.

Jeanette Edwards; Eric Hirsch; Frances Price

Opis

Procreation is not just about how human beings come into being - it is also about how relationships come into being. Consequently changes in procreative practice will have repercussions for thinking about the formation of such relationships. What are the cultural and anthropological understandings of new reproductive technologies? Using evidence from cross-disciplinary research carried out in 1990-1991 this text tackles debates relating to the concept of kinship. When first published in 1993, Technologies of Procreation introduced many new insights into the anthropological issues associated with these new technologies. In what way do they affect society? What are the effects of the embryo's recent treatment as an individual? What does it mean to be interfering with nature? What are the consequences of an increase in multiple births? This text aims to bridge the gap between medical technology and cultural values.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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