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Reproductive labor and innovation : against the tech fix in an era of hype / Jennifer Denbow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Denbow, Jennifer M., author.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human reproduction.
- Reproductive technology--Law and legislation.
- Reproductive technology.
- Human reproductive technology.
- Human genetics--Technological innovations.
- Human genetics.
- Biotechnology.
- Neoliberalism.
- Reproductive rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 227 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "Reproductive Labor contends that the move towards techno-scientific innovation in contemporary American life has come at the expense of the care work, or reproductive labor, so necessary to make society function. Jennifer Denbow shows how this focus on technology as a quick fix is a historical outgrowth of the neoliberal drive to privatizing public services. The systemic devaluation of reproductive labor, which is coded feminine and racialized, has resulted in both the impoverishment of those who perform care work and the disproportionate flow of resources towards "innovative" techno-scientific solutions. Denbow analyzes the precarity and marginalization of reproductive labor through platforms like Care.com, as well as how cutting-edge technologies like gene editing are being presented as panaceas to social ills while bypassing key ethical questions around such technologies. By drawing connections between seemingly disparate phenomenon, Denbow passionately illustrates the importance of protecting and funding reproductive labor"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Othering Reproduction: Neoliberalism and the Innovation/Reproduction Binary.
- Contextualizing the Aggrandizement of Innovation: Coloniality, Labor, and Capacity
- Children as Human Capital, Reproductive Labor, and the Logic of SelfEntrepreneurialism
- Investing in the Curative Imaginary: Biotechnology, Disability, and Reproductive Futures.
- Neoliberal Eugenics as the Fertility Frontier of Biocapital: Optimizing Baby-Making in Catastrophic Times.
- Pandemic Politics and the Repoliticization of Reproductive Labor.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Denbow, Jennifer M. Reproductive labor and innovation.
- ISBN:
- 9781478060024
- 1478060026
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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