Living laboratories : women and reproductive technologies / Robyn Rowland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowland, Robyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproductive technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Human reproductive technology.

Human reproductive technology--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1992.

Summary:

Imagine an unborn foetus having children. In a world where frozen embryo banks and test-tube babies are presented as the 'norm', the culling of immature eggs from a female foetus is no longer science fiction. How does this affect our concepts of parenting and mothering? What are the ethical and moral implications of research into human reproduction? Robyn Rowland argues that women have become 'living laboratories'. A book that has achieved the status of a classic.

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS: THE LOSS OF INNOCENCE; CHANGING SOCIAL VALUES: COMMODIFICATION AND CONTROL; CRUMBLING MOTHERHOOD: MEN AND THE CONTROL OF REPRODUCTION; PART 1: MOTHERHOOD, MEDICINE AND MEN; 1 IN VITRO FERTILISATION: MAN MAKES THE EMBRYO; 2 THE MASCULINE DREAM OF QUALITY CONTROL: GENETIC ENGINEERING; 3 WOMAN AS A DISSOLVING CAPSULE: THE CHALLENGE OF FETAL PERSONHOOD; 4 THE DEPERSONALISATION OF BIRTH MOTHERS: SO-CALLED 'SURROGACY'; PART 2: SETTING THE CONTEXT FOR REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL

5 THE VALUES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE6 'REPROSPEAK': THE LANGUAGE OF THE NEW REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; 7 MOTHERHOOD AND INFERTILITY: MEDICAL SCIENCE CO-OPTS IDEOLOGY AND DESIRE; 8 RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESISTANCE; NOTES AND REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-74219-437-0

1-74219-116-9

OCLC:

437109542