Reproductive Technologies as Global Form
Michi Knecht, Maren Klotz, Stefan Beck (Hg): Reproductive Technologies as Global Form. Ethnographies of Knowledge, Practices, and Transnational Encounters. Campus, Frankfurt am Main / New York 2012.
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Herausgeber:
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Zu diesem BuchIn the thirty years since the first “test-tube baby,” in-vitro
fertilization and other methods of reproductive assistance have become a
common aspect of family life and medicine in developed nations—and,
increasingly, throughout the world. This collection brings together
ethnographic studies of how these reproductive technologies are deployed
across a wide variety of nations and cultures, taking special account
of how they are linked to aspirations towards modernity—and how they
contribute to an ongoing reconfiguration of the boundaries of knowledge
and human agency. The resulting volume offers both a current snapshot of
the cultural state of reproductive technologies and a plethora of
provocative questions for the future. |
Kalender