On having an own child : reproductive technologies and the cultural construction of childhood /
How are ideas of genetics, 'blood', the family, and relatedness created and consumed?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,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Karnac Books,
©2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ch. 1. The wanting of a baby: nature, history, culture, and society
- Ch. 2. The wanting of a baby: desire, despair, hope, and regret
- Ch. 3. The child that is wanted: perfection and commodification
- Ch. 4. The child that is wanted: kinship and the body of evidence
- Ch. 5. The child that is wanted: reading race and the global child
- Ch. 6. Conclusion: coming to grief in theory.