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Gender before Birth : Sex Selection in a Transnational Context / / Rajani Bhatia



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Autore: Bhatia Rajani Visualizza persona
Titolo: Gender before Birth : Sex Selection in a Transnational Context / / Rajani Bhatia Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , [2018]
©[2018]
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 174.2/8
Soggetto topico: Sexuelle Selektion
Reproduktionsmedizin
Sex preselection - Social aspects
Sex of children, Parental preferences for
Science - Social aspects
Human reproductive technology - Social aspects
Feminism
Sociological Factors
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted - ethics
Sex Preselection - ethics
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction: lifestyle sex selection -- From selecting sexed sperm and embryos to anticipating lifestyle sex selection -- Incorporating a new technology of hope into Fertility Inc.: the constitution of a maternal subject -- Extending into a global market: lifestyle sex selection as a cross-border practice -- Contesting the known: an arc of activism on sex selection in the United States -- Conclusion: toward a feminist intersectional perspective on sex selection.
Sommario/riassunto: This book breaks new ground on the evolution and present technologies and practices of lifestyle sex selection, builds on and critiques feminist and STS theories of reproduction to develop the new concept of biopopulationism, and engages with the messy politics of sex selection in the United States.
Titolo autorizzato: Gender before Birth  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-295-74294-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827106503321
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Serie: Feminist technosciences.