Reproductive disruptions : gender, technology, and biopolitics in the new millennium / edited by Marcia C. Inhorn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Inhorn, Marcia C., editor.

Series:

Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; volume 11.

Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ; volume 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproduction--Social aspects.

Human reproduction.

Human reproduction--Political aspects.

Reproductive health--Social aspects.

Reproductive health.

Human reproductive technology--Social aspects.

Human reproductive technology.

Gender identity.

Feminism--Health aspects.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nominated for the 2007 Book Prize by the Council on Anthropology and Reproduction (AAA) Reproductive disruptions, such as infertility, pregnancy loss, adoption, and childhood disability, are among the most distressing experiences in people's lives. Based on research by leading medical anthropologists from around the world, this book examines such issues as local practices detrimental to safe pregnancy and birth; conflicting reproductive goals between women and men; miscommunications between pregnant women and their genetic counselors; cultural anxieties over gamete donation and

Contents:

00 front Inhorn-P-rev.pdf; 00 intro Inhorn-P.pdf; 01 chap Inhorn-P.pdf; 02 chap Inhorn-P.pdf; 03 chap Inhorn-P.pdf; 04 chap Inhorn-P.pdf; 05 chap Inhorn-P.pdf; 06 chap Inhorn-P.pdf; 07 chap Inhorn-P.pdf; 08 chap Inhorn-P.pdf; 09 abbrev Inhorn-P.pdf; 10 contributors Inhorn.pdf; 11 index Inhorn-P.pdf

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 21, 2014).

ISBN:

9780857455635

085745563X

OCLC:

875098873