Biological Relatives : IVF, Stem Cells, and the Future of Kinship /

Biological Relatives : IVF, Stem Cells, and the Future of Kinship /

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Sarah Franklin explores the history and future of in vitro fertilization (IVF) thirty-five years and five million babies after its initial success as a form of technologically-assisted human reproduction.

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Main Author: Franklin, Sarah, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Anthropologie
Feminismus
Verwandtschaft
Ersatzmutterschaft
Reproduktionsmedizin
Kinship > Philosophy.
Fertilization in vitro, Human > Social aspects.
Feminist anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SCIENCE > General.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Politics and government.
biomedical engineering.
social sciences.
social psychology.
sociology.
Changement social.
Procreation medicalement assistee.
Fecondation in vitro.
Genie biomedical.
Prestation de soins.
Sciences sociales.
Psychologie sociale.
Therapeutique.
Technologie.
Sociologie.
Reproduction > Innovations.
Familles.
Feminisme et anthropologie.
Parente > Philosophie.
Fecondation in vitro > Aspect social.
Biomedical Engineering
Nuclear Family
Social Change
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted > trends
Heredity > ethics
Family Relations
Biomedical Technology > ethics
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Fertilization in Vitro
Biomedical Technology
Heredity
Psychiatry and Psychology
Phenomena and Processes
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Technology, Industry, Agriculture
Delivery of Health Care
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Social Sciences
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture
Psychology, Social
Population Characteristics
Investigative Techniques
Therapeutics
Genetic Phenomena
Socioeconomic Factors
Technology
Sociology
Reproductive Techniques
Family
Fertilization in Vitro > psychology
Social change.
Human reproductive technology.
Fertilization in vitro, Human.
Fertilization in vitro.
Biomedical engineering.
Medical care.
Social sciences.
Social psychology.
Therapeutics.
Technology.
Sociology.
Reproductive technology.
Nuclear families.
Families.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Sarah Franklin explores the history and future of in vitro fertilization (IVF) thirty-five years and five million babies after its initial success as a form of technologically-assisted human reproduction.
Thirty-five years after its initial success as a form of technologically assisted human reproduction, and five million miracle babies later, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has become a routine procedure worldwide. In Biological Relatives, Sarah Franklin explores how the normalization of IVF has changed how both technology and biology are understood. Drawing on anthropology, feminist theory, and science studies, Franklin charts the evolution of IVF from an experimental research technique into a global technological platform used for a wide variety of applications, including genetic diagnosis, livestock breeding, cloning, and stem cell research. She contends that despite its ubiquity, IVF remains a highly paradoxical technology that confirms the relative and contingent nature of biology while creating new biological relatives. Using IVF as a lens, Franklin presents a bold and lucid thesis linking technologies of gender and sex to reproductive biomedicine, contemporary bioinnovation, and the future of kinship.
Physical Description:1 online resource (374 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780822378259
Access:Open Access

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