Biological relatives : IVF, stem cells, and the future of kinship / Sarah Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Sarah, 1960-

Series:

Experimental futures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fertilization in vitro, Human--Social aspects.

Kinship--Philosophy.

Feminist anthropology.

Kinship.

Fertilization in vitro, Human.

Physical Description:

x, 363 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Thirty-five years after its initial success as a form of technologically assisted human reproduction, and five million miracle babies later, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has become a routine procedure worldwide. In Biological Relatives, Sarah Franklin explores how the normalization of IVE has changed how both technology and biology are understood. Drawing on anthropology, feminist theory, and science studies, Franklin charts the evolution of IVE from an experimental research technique into a global technological platform used for a wide variety of applications, including genetic diagnosis, livestock breeding, cloning, and stem cell research. She contends that despite its ubiquity, IVF remains a highly paradoxical technology that confirms the relative and contingent nature of biology while creating new biological relatives. Using IVF as a lens, Franklin presents a bold and lucid thesis linking technologies of gender and sex to reproductive biomedicine, contemporary bioinnovation, and the future of kinship. Book jacket.

Contents:

Miracle babies

Living tools

Embryo pioneers

Reproductive technologies

Living IVF

IVF live

Frontier culture

After IVF.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822354857

0822354853

9780822354994

0822354993

OCLC:

842209174