Testing women, testing the fetus : the social impact of amniocentesis in America / Rayna Rapp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rapp, Rayna.

Series:

Anthropology of everyday life.

The anthropology of everyday life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amniocentesis--Social aspects--United States.

Amniocentesis.

Fetus--Diseases--Diagnosis.

Fetus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rich with the voices and stories of participants, these touching firsthand accounts examine how women of diverse racial, ethnic, class and religious backgrounds perceive prenatal testing.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 How Methodology Bleeds into Daily Life; 2 Accounting for Amniocentesis; 3 The Communication of Risk; 4 Contested Conceptions and Misconceptions; 5 Waiting and Watching; 6 The Disabled Fetal Imaginary; 7 Refusing; 8 Culturing Chromosomes, or What's in the Soup; 9 An Error in Cell Division, or The Power of Positive Diagnosis; 10 The Unexpected Baby; 11 Endings Are Really Beginnings; Notes; References; Permissions; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [330]-352) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-96391-6

1-135-96392-4

1-280-05515-4

9786610055159

0-203-01134-1

9780203011348

OCLC:

475921049