LEADER 03485nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910825272203321 005 20240418092050.0 010 $a1-281-80170-4 010 $a9786611801700 010 $a0-8135-4560-9 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813545608 035 $a(CKB)1000000000576814 035 $a(EBL)361675 035 $a(OCoLC)476191049 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000230457 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11203372 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230457 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10197139 035 $a(PQKB)10381648 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC361675 035 $a(OCoLC)289929653 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8202 035 $a(DE-B1597)530299 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813545608 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL361675 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10251805 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL180170 035 $a(OCoLC)1156825455 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000576814 100 $a20071218d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe public life of the fetal sonogram$b[electronic resource] $etechnology, consumption, and the politics of reproduction /$fJanelle S. Taylor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in medical anthropology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4363-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. Sonographers and the Making of the Public Fetus -- $t3. Obstetrical Ultrasound between Medical Practice and Public Culture -- $t4. Love Machine: The Theory of Ultrasound Bonding -- $t5. Prenatal Diagnosis, Pregnancy, and Consumption -- $t6. Entertaining Fetuses: Keepsake Ultrasound and Crisis Pregnancy Centers -- $t7. Afterword -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aIn The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram, medical anthropologist Janelle S. Taylor analyzes the full sociocultural context of ultrasound technology and imagery. Drawing upon ethnographic research both within and beyond the medical setting, Taylor shows how ultrasound has entered into public consumer culture in the United States. The book documents and critically analyzes societal uses for ultrasound such as nondiagnostic "keepsake" ultrasound businesses that foster a new consumer market for these blurry, monochromatic images of eagerly awaited babies, and anti-abortion clinics that use ultrasound in an attempt to make women bond with the fetuses they carry, inciting a pro-life state of mind. This book offers much-needed critical awareness of the less easily recognized ways in which ultrasound technology is profoundly social and political in the United States today. 410 0$aStudies in medical anthropology. 606 $aFetus$xUltrasonic imaging$xSocial aspects 606 $aFetus$xUltrasonic imaging$xPsychological aspects 615 0$aFetus$xUltrasonic imaging$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aFetus$xUltrasonic imaging$xPsychological aspects. 676 $a618.3/207543 700 $aTaylor$b Janelle S.$f1965-$01648785 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825272203321 996 $aThe public life of the fetal sonogram$93997183 997 $aUNINA