Reproducing Jews : A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception in Israel /

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There are more fertility clinics per capita in Israel than in any other country in the world and Israel has the world's highest per capita rate of in-vitro fertilization procedures. Fertility treatments are fully subsidized by Israeli national health insurance and are available to all Israelis,...

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Main Author: Kahn, Susan Martha, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Religieuze aspecten.
Kunstmatige inseminatie.
Voortplantingstechnieken.
Insemination
Law > Jewish influences.
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects.
Human reproductive technology > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Human reproductive technology > Law and legislation.
Human reproduction (Jewish law)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Judaism.
Personnes seules.
Selection de patients.
Judaïsme.
Juifs.
Reproduction humaine (Droit juif)
Procreation medicalement assistee > Aspect religieux > Judaïsme.
Procreation medicalement assistee > Aspect social > Israël.
Single Person
Public Policy
Patient Selection
Judaism
Jews
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted > legislation & jurisprudence
Single people.
Law > Israel > Jewish influences.
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects > Israel.
Human reproductive technology > Law and legislation > Israel.
Israël (staat)
Israel
Israel.
Electronic books.
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Summary:There are more fertility clinics per capita in Israel than in any other country in the world and Israel has the world's highest per capita rate of in-vitro fertilization procedures. Fertility treatments are fully subsidized by Israeli national health insurance and are available to all Israelis, regardless of religion or marital status. These phenomena are not the result of unusually high rates of infertility in Israel but reflect the centrality of reproduction in Judaism and Jewish culture.In this ethnographic study of the new reproductive technologies in Israel, Susan Martha Kahn explores the cultural meanings and contemporary rabbinic responses to artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization, egg donation, and surrogacy. Kahn draws on fieldwork with unmarried Israeli women who are using state-subsidized artificial insemination to get pregnant and on participant-observation in Israeli fertility clinics. Through close readings of traditional Jewish texts and careful analysis of Israeli public discourse, she explains how the Israeli embrace of new reproductive technologies has made Jewish beliefs about kinship startlingly literal. Kahn also reveals how a wide range of contemporary Israelis are using new reproductive technologies to realize their reproductive futures, from ultraorthodox infertile married couples to secular unmarried women.As the first scholarly account of assisted conception in Israel, this multisited ethnography will contribute to current anthropological debates on kinship studies. It will also interest those involved with Jewish studies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (238 pages).
ISBN:9780822378204

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