Global fluids : the cultural politics of reproductive waste and value /
In the fertility and cosmetics industries, women's body products ' such as urine, eggs, and placentas ' have moved from being seen as waste to becoming valuable ingredients. Taking a sociological and anthropological perspective, the author focuses in particular on the role that countr...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York :
Berghahn Books,
[2018]
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Colección: | Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In the fertility and cosmetics industries, women's body products ' such as urine, eggs, and placentas ' have moved from being seen as waste to becoming valuable ingredients. Taking a sociological and anthropological perspective, the author focuses in particular on the role that countries like Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands, and Japan play in the reproductive products industry, and discusses the moral limits of the cultural and rhetorical trajectories that turn women's body products into internationally mobile substances. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781785338939 1785338935 |