Embodied Progress: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception

by Sarah Franklin

Book Overview

New reproductive technologies, such as in vitrio fertilization, have been the subject of intense public discussion and debate worldwide. In addition to difficult ethical, moral, personal and political questions, new technologies of assisted conception also raise novel socio-cultural dilemmas. How are parenthood, kinship and procreation being redefined in the context of new reproductive technologies? Has reproductive choice become part of consumer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415067677
• ISBN13: 9780415067676
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 7.9"