Reproducing Jews : a cultural account of assisted conception in Israel /

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There are more fertility clinics per capita in Israel than in any other country in the world and Israel has the world's highest per capita rate of in-vitro fertilization procedures. Fertility treatments are fully subsidized by Israeli national health insurance and are available to all Israelis,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kahn, Susan Martha, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2000.
Colección:Body, commodity, text.
Temas:
Human reproductive technology > Law and legislation > Israel.
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects > Israel.
Human reproductive technology > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Human reproduction (Jewish law)
Law > Israel > Jewish influences.
Judaism.
Single people.
Jews.
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted > legislation & jurisprudence
Jews
Judaism
Patient Selection
Public Policy
Single Person
Procréation médicalement assistée > Aspect social > Israël.
Procréation médicalement assistée > Aspect religieux > Judaïsme.
Reproduction humaine (Droit juif)
Juifs.
Judaïsme.
Sélection de patients.
Personnes seules.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family
Single people
Human reproductive technology > Law and legislation
Human reproductive technology > Religious aspects > Judaism
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects
Law > Jewish influences
Insemination
Voortplantingstechnieken.
Kunstmatige inseminatie.
Religieuze aspecten.
Israel
Israël (staat)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:There are more fertility clinics per capita in Israel than in any other country in the world and Israel has the world's highest per capita rate of in-vitro fertilization procedures. Fertility treatments are fully subsidized by Israeli national health insurance and are available to all Israelis, regardless of religion or marital status. These phenomena are not the result of unusually high rates of infertility in Israel but reflect the centrality of reproduction in Judaism and Jewish culture.In this ethnographic study of the new reproductive technologies in Israel, Susan Martha Kahn explores the cultural meanings and contemporary rabbinic responses to artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization, egg donation, and surrogacy. Kahn draws on fieldwork with unmarried Israeli women who are using state-subsidized artificial insemination to get pregnant and on participant-observation in Israeli fertility clinics. Through close readings of traditional Jewish texts and careful analysis of Israeli public discourse, she explains how the Israeli embrace of new reproductive technologies has made Jewish beliefs about kinship startlingly literal. Kahn also reveals how a wide range of contemporary Israelis are using new reproductive technologies to realize their reproductive futures, from ultraorthodox infertile married couples to secular unmarried women.As the first scholarly account of assisted conception in Israel, this multisited ethnography will contribute to current anthropological debates on kinship studies. It will also interest those involved with Jewish studies.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 227 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) and index.
ISBN:9780822378204
0822378205

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