Icons of Life : a Cultural History of Human Embryos.

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Icons of Life tells the engrossing and provocative story of an early twentieth-century undertaking, the Carnegie Institution of Washington's project to collect thousands of embryos for scientific study. Lynn M. Morgan blends social analysis, sleuthing, and humor to trace the history of specimen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morgan, Lynn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: CA : University of California Press, 2009.
Temas:
Washington (D.C.) > Carnegie Collection of Embryology.
Geschichte
Geschichte 1887-2009
Embryology, Human > Social aspects.
Tissue culture > Social aspects.
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects.
Medical anthropology.
Ethnology.
Anthropology, Cultural
Collections
Embryo Research > ethics
Embryo Research > history
Embryology > history
Embryologie humaine > Aspect social.
Tissus (Histologie) > Culture > Aspect social.
Procréation médicalement assistée > Aspect social.
Ethnologie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Ethnology
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects
Medical anthropology
Embryonenforschung
Kultur
Embryo
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 / A Skeleton in the Closet and Fetuses in the Basement; 2 / Embryo Visions; 3 / Building a Collection; 4 / Inside the Embryo Production Factory; 5 / Traffic in "Embryo Babies"; 6 / Embryo Tales; 7 / From Dead Embryos to Icons of Life; 8 / The Demise of the Mount Holyoke Collection; Notes; References; Index.

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