Assisting reproduction, testing genes : global encounters with new biotechnologies / / edited by Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli and Marcia C. Inhorn
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| Titolo: |
Assisting reproduction, testing genes : global encounters with new biotechnologies / / edited by Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli and Marcia C. Inhorn
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 618.1/7806 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human reproductive technology |
| Biotechnology | |
| Human genetics | |
| Fertilization in vitro, Human | |
| Human embryo - Transplantation | |
| Surrogate motherhood | |
| Altri autori: |
Birenbaum-CarmeliDaphna
InhornMarcia Claire <1957->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Title page-Assisting Reproduction, Testing Genes; Contents; Introduction; Part I-Families and Beyond: Reproductive Technologies and New Social Orders; Chapter 1-East in West?; Chapter 2-Cultural Meanings of Assisted Reproductive Technologies; Chapter 3-Middle Eastern Masculinities in the Age of Assisted Reproductive Technologies; Part II-Couples and Others: Assisting Reproduction with Third Parties; Chapter 4-The Traffic Between Women; Chapter 5-Law, Ethics, and Donor Technologies in Shia Iran; Chapter 6-Inappropriate Relations; Chapter 7-Contested Surrogacy and The Gender Order |
| Part III-Testing Genes and Using Gells: Encounters with Advanced Genetic TechnologiesChapter 8-The Genesis of Embryos and Ethics in Vitro; Chapter 9-Assisted Life; Chapter 10-Doubt is the Mother of All Invention; Contributors; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Following the routinization of assisted reproduction in the industrialized world, technologies such as in vitro fertilization, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and DNA-based paternity testing have traveled globally and are now being offered to couples in numerous non-Western countries. This volume explores the application and impact of these advanced reproductive and genetic technologies in societies across the globe. By highlighting both the cross-cultural similarities and diverse meanings that technologies may assume as they enter multiple contexts, the book aims to foster understanding |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Assisting reproduction, testing genes |
| ISBN: | 1-282-62799-6 |
| 9786612627996 | |
| 1-84545-941-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826079103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; ; v. 18.