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On having an own child : reproductive technologies and the cultural construction of childhood /
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, even books ostensibly devoted to the topic of why people want children and the reasons for usi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Karnac Books,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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, even books ostensibly devoted to the topic of why people want children and the reasons for using reproductive technologies tend to start with the assumption that this is either simply a biological drive to reproduce, or a socially instilled desire. This book uses psychoanalysis not to provide an answer in its own right, but as an analytic tool to probe more deeply the problems of these assum. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 199 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849406444 1849406448 1283070561 9781283070560 9786613070562 6613070564 0429477953 9780429477959 |