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The public life of the fetal sonogram : technology, consumption, and the politics of reproduction /
In The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram, medical anthropologist Janelle S. Taylor analyzes the full sociocultural context of ultrasound technology and imagery. Drawing upon ethnographic research both within and beyond the medical setting, Taylor shows how ultrasound has entered into public consumer...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Studies in medical anthropology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram, medical anthropologist Janelle S. Taylor analyzes the full sociocultural context of ultrasound technology and imagery. Drawing upon ethnographic research both within and beyond the medical setting, Taylor shows how ultrasound has entered into public consumer culture in the United States. The book documents and critically analyzes societal uses for ultrasound such as nondiagnostic?keepsake? ultrasound businesses that foster a new consumer market for these blurry, monochromatic images of eagerly awaited babies, and anti-abortion clinics that use ultraso. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 205 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813545608 0813545609 1281801704 9781281801708 9786611801700 6611801707 |