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9780745602097

Reproductive Technologies Gender, Motherhood and Medicine

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    9780745602097

  • ISBN10:

    0745602096

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1991-01-15
  • Publisher: Polity
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Summary

The scope of reproductive technologies examined in this volume--from techniques for the medical "management" of childbirth, to genetic engineering--is such that few women in the western world, and smaller and smaller numbers in the third world, escape their influence.

Author Biography

Michelle Stanworth is the author of `Gender and Schooling', co-author of `Introductory Sociology', and co-editor of `Women in the Public Sphere'.

Table of Contents

Introduction
From Walking Wombs to Test-Tube Babies
New Techniq ues and Old Controversies (the focus of public concern over AID and IVF)
Infertility and Health Care for Women
Surrogacy
Fetal Image s: Ultrasound and Reproductive Consciousness
Paternity a nd Maternity
Embryo Righ ts and Reproductive Rights
Deconstruct ion of Motherhood
Victorian V alues in the Test-Tube: Science and Women's Subordination
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