On having an own child : reproductive technologies and the cultural construction of childhood /
This is the first book ever to consider in depth why people want children, and specifically why people want children produced by reproductive technologies (such as IVF, ICSI etc). As the book demonstrates, even books ostensibly devoted to the topic of why people want children and the reasons for usi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Karnac Books,
©2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The wanting of a baby: nature, history, culture, and society; CHAPTER TWO The wanting of a baby: desire, despair, hope, and regret; CHAPTER THREE The child that is wanted: perfection and commodification; CHAPTER FOUR The child that is wanted: kinship and the body of evidence; CHAPTER FIVE The child that is wanted: reading race and the global child; CHAPTER SIX Conclusion: coming to grief in theory; REFERENCES; INDEX.