Technologies of Procreation - Kinship in the Age of Assisted Conception

Technologies of Procreation bridges the gap between medical technology and cultural values. It looks at the ways in which the 'technologies of procreation' affect society from an anthropological perspective.

List of contents

Introduction, Second Edition Introduction, First Edition: A question of context; Chapter 1, Beyond expectation: clinical practices and clinical concern; Chapter 2, Explicit connections: ethnographic enquiry in north-west England; Chapter 3, Negotiated limits: interviews in south-east England; Chapter 4, Making representations: the parliamentary debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act; Chapter 4, Making representations: the parliamentary debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act; Chapter 5, Regulation, substitution and possibility; Postscript First Edition: A relational view Postscript Second Edition

About the author

Jeanette Edwards, Sarah Franklin, Eric Hirsch, Frances Price, Marilyn Strathen

Summary

Technologies of Procreation bridges the gap between medical technology and cultural values. It looks at the ways in which the 'technologies of procreation' affect society from an anthropological perspective.

Product details

• Authors: Jeanette Edwards, Edwards Jeanette, Sarah Franklin, Franklin Sarah, Eric Hirsch, Hirsch Eric, Frances Price, Marilyn Strathern, Strathern Marilyn
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.1999
• EAN: 9780415170550
• ISBN: 978-0-415-17055-0
• No. of pages: 250
• Weight: 420 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Anthropology, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Personal & public health, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Human biology, Gender studies: women and girls, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Personal and public health / health education, Medical Anthropology