Reproductive Disruptions : Gender, Technology, and Biopolitics in the New Millennium.
Nominated for the 2007 Book Prize by the Council on Anthropology and Reproduction (AAA) Reproductive disruptions, such as infertility, pregnancy loss, adoption, and childhood disability, are among the most distressing experiences in people's lives. Based on research by leading medical anthropol...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books,
2007.
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Colección: | Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Nominated for the 2007 Book Prize by the Council on Anthropology and Reproduction (AAA) Reproductive disruptions, such as infertility, pregnancy loss, adoption, and childhood disability, are among the most distressing experiences in people's lives. Based on research by leading medical anthropologists from around the world, this book examines such issues as local practices detrimental to safe pregnancy and birth; conflicting reproductive goals between women and men; miscommunications between pregnant women and their genetic counselors; cultural anxieties over gamete donation and. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (254 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780857455635 085745563X |