Eggonomics - The Global Market in Human Eggs and the Donors Who Supply Them

What happens when people are reduced to products? By pulling back the clinical curtain on the multi-billion dollar per year global egg industry, that is the central question Eggonomics seeks to address.

Sommario

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of terms and abbreviations
Introduction: Golden Eggs
Chapter 1: Frozen Futures
Chapter 2: The Perfect Donor
Chapter 3: Egg Machines
Chapter 4: Sunny Side Up
Chapter 5: Passports and Cryotanks
Chapter 6: Poached
Chapter 7: Cracked
Chapter 8: Egg Babies and Bio-Moms
Conclusion: Just Eggs
Index

Info autore

Diane Tober is Associate Professor at The University of Alabama, Department of Anthropology, and the Institute for Social Science Research. She is also the author of Romancing the Sperm: Shifting Biopolitics and the Making of Modern Families.

Riassunto

What happens when people are reduced to products? By pulling back the clinical curtain on the multi-billion dollar per year global egg industry, that is the central question Eggonomics seeks to address.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Diane M. Tober
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 22.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032549927
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3254992-7
• Pagine: 360
• Serie: Social Science Perspectives on Childbirth and Reproduction
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Sociology: customs & traditions, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Personal & public health, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Women's health, Women’s health, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Social and cultural anthropology, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Gender studies: women, Human biology, Gender studies: women and girls, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Personal and public health / health education