Paternity - The Elusive Quest for the Father

For most of human history, paternity was uncertain. Blood types, fingerprinting, and, recently, DNA analysis promised to solve the riddle of paternity. But even genetic certainty did not end the quest for the father. Rather, as Nara Milanich reveals, it confirms the social, cultural, and political nature of the age-old question: Whös your father?

About the author

Nara B. Milanich is Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University, where she teaches courses on the history of family, gender, and childhood. She has held fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities and was a fellow at the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. Her previous book, Children of Fate, won the Grace Abbott Book Award from the Society for the History of Children and Youth.

Summary

For most of human history, paternity was uncertain. Blood types, fingerprinting, and, recently, DNA analysis promised to solve the riddle of paternity. But even genetic certainty did not end the quest for the father. Rather, as Nara Milanich reveals, it confirms the social, cultural, and political nature of the age-old question: Who’s your father?

Product details

• Authors: Nara B Milanich, Nara B. Milanich
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780674980686
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98068-6
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Familie, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert, Wissenschaftsphilosophie, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Gender Studies, Wissenschaftsphilosophie und -theorie, Ratgeber: Familie und Partnerschaft, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Soziologie: Familie und Beziehungen, History, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, Geschlechterforschung, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Genetik, Medizin, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, 20th Century, Humangenetik, Genetik / Humangenetik, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Soziologie / Familie, Jugend, Alter, MEDICAL / Genetics, Mann / Gesellschaft, Soziologie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Paar (Partner), Partnerschaft (zwischenmenschlich), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Philosophy of Science, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Archaeology, Family & relationships, Gender studies, gender groups, Medical Genetics, Relationships and families: advice and issues, History and Archaeology