On having an own child : reproductive technologies and the cultural construction of childhood

On having an own child reproductive technologies and the cultural construction of childhood

How are ideas of genetics, 'blood', the family, and relatedness created and consumed? This is the first book ever to consider in depth why people want children, and specifically why people want children produced by reproductive technologies (such as IVF, ICSI etc) As the book demonstrates,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Karnac Books c2007.
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
Parenthood > Psychological aspects.
Child psychology.
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects.
Human reproductive technology > Psychological aspects.
Parenthood > Social aspects.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797979106719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copy Right; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: The wanting of a baby: nature, history, culture, and society; CHAPTER TWO: The wanting of a baby: desire, despair, hope, and regret; CHAPTER THREE: The child that is wanted: perfection and commodification; CHAPTER FOUR: The child that is wanted: kinship and the body of evidence; CHAPTER FIVE: The child that is wanted: reading race and the global child; CHAPTER SIX: Conclusion: coming to grief in theory; REFERENCES

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