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Autore |
Ettorre Elizabeth <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Reproductive genetics, gender, and the body / / Elizabeth Ettore |
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London, : Routledge, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-61260-5 |
0-585-45212-1 |
0-203-46148-7 |
1-280-31765-5 |
1-134-61261-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (167 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human reproductive technology |
Human reproduction |
Human genetics |
Genetic engineering |
Prenatal diagnosis |
Fertility |
Human body |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction The sociology of reproductive genetics: the institutions of reproduction and gender and genes in bodies; Prenatal politics and 'normal patient families'; Biomedical knowledge and interests: genetic storytellers and normative strategies; Organisation of 'genetics work': surveillance medicine and genetic risk identity as a novelty; Shaping pregnant bodies: distorting metaphors, reproductive asceticism and genetic capital; Gendered bodies, the discourse of shame and 'disablism' |
Synchronising pregnant bodies and marking reproductive time: comparing experts' claims in Greece, the Netherlands, England and FinlandReproductive genetics and the need for embodied ethics; Bibliography; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This topical and scholarly book focuses on prenatal screening to |
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