Cultural conceptions : on reproductive technologies and the remaking of life / Valerie Hartouni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartouni, Valerie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproductive technology--Social aspects.

Human reproductive technology.

Human reproductive technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A thoughtful examination considering the cultural effects of new reproductive technologies as reflected in video images, popular journalism, scientific debates, legal briefs, and policy decisions.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Impaired Sight or Partial Vision? Tracking Reproductive Bodies; 2 Containing Women: Reproductive Discourse(s) in the 1980's; 3 Fetal Exposures: Abortion Politics and the Optics of Allusion; 4 Reproducing Public Meanings: In the Matter of Baby M; 5 Breached Birth: Anna Johnson and the Reproduction of Raced Bodies; 6 ""On Breeding Good Stock"": Reflections on Herrnstein and Murray's Bell Curve; 7 Replicating the Singular Self: Some Thoughts on Cloning and Cultural Identity; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-170) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8656-4

OCLC:

476094290