Women and reproductive technologies : the socio-economic development of technologies changing the world / Annette Burfoot with Derya Güngör.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burfoot, Annette, author.

Güngör, Derya, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge research in gender and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproductive technology--Social aspects.

Human reproductive technology.

Women--Social conditions.

Women.

Physical Description:

153 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

Summary:

"A sociological and historical study of the development of reproductive technologies, this book focuses on key technological developments through a biomedicalization lens with special attention to gender. Using in vitro fertilization (IVF) as a hub, it critically examines the main areas of related socio-technical developments: reproductive science, birth control, animal husbandry, genetics, and reproductive medicine. Employing a critical framework to illuminate dominant discourses, the book also highlights examples of social resistance, as well as contradictory responses to new reproductive technologies. Over eight chapters, the author examines the social history of reproduction and sexuality, reproductive technologies from old to new, and debates surrounding new reproductive technologies and genetic engineering. Women and Reproductive Technologies pays close attention to the interconnections between the business of reproduction (and replication industries), the sociality of reproduction (including reproductive justice), and what are considered the technologies themselves. As such, it constitutes essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of sociology, health studies and gender studies interested in the current state of human reproduction"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Burfoot, Annette. Women and reproductive technologies

ISBN:

9781138606456

1138606456

9781138606463

1138606464

OCLC:

1269411803