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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 Visualizza cluster
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->  
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-62799-6
9786612627996
1-84545-941-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826079103321
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Serie: Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; ; v. 18.