03485nam 2200673Ia 450 991082527220332120240418092050.01-281-80170-497866118017000-8135-4560-910.36019/9780813545608(CKB)1000000000576814(EBL)361675(OCoLC)476191049(SSID)ssj0000230457(PQKBManifestationID)11203372(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230457(PQKBWorkID)10197139(PQKB)10381648(MiAaPQ)EBC361675(OCoLC)289929653(MdBmJHUP)muse8202(DE-B1597)530299(DE-B1597)9780813545608(Au-PeEL)EBL361675(CaPaEBR)ebr10251805(CaONFJC)MIL180170(OCoLC)1156825455(EXLCZ)99100000000057681420071218d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe public life of the fetal sonogram[electronic resource] technology, consumption, and the politics of reproduction /Janelle S. Taylor1st ed.New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20081 online resource (222 p.)Studies in medical anthropologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-4363-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sonographers and the Making of the Public Fetus -- 3. Obstetrical Ultrasound between Medical Practice and Public Culture -- 4. Love Machine: The Theory of Ultrasound Bonding -- 5. Prenatal Diagnosis, Pregnancy, and Consumption -- 6. Entertaining Fetuses: Keepsake Ultrasound and Crisis Pregnancy Centers -- 7. Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHORIn The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram, medical anthropologist Janelle S. Taylor analyzes the full sociocultural context of ultrasound technology and imagery. Drawing upon ethnographic research both within and beyond the medical setting, Taylor shows how ultrasound has entered into public consumer culture in the United States. The book documents and critically analyzes societal uses for ultrasound such as nondiagnostic "keepsake" ultrasound businesses that foster a new consumer market for these blurry, monochromatic images of eagerly awaited babies, and anti-abortion clinics that use ultrasound in an attempt to make women bond with the fetuses they carry, inciting a pro-life state of mind. This book offers much-needed critical awareness of the less easily recognized ways in which ultrasound technology is profoundly social and political in the United States today. Studies in medical anthropology.FetusUltrasonic imagingSocial aspectsFetusUltrasonic imagingPsychological aspectsFetusUltrasonic imagingSocial aspects.FetusUltrasonic imagingPsychological aspects.618.3/207543Taylor Janelle S.1965-1648785MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825272203321The public life of the fetal sonogram3997183UNINA