New Reproductive Technologies, Women's Health and Autonomy
Freedom or Dependency?
1st Edition
Published on 8. June 2000
Book
Hardback
708 pages
978-0-7619-9431-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the new technologies which intervene in the process of human reproduction in three areas: contraception; assisted reproduction; genetics and prenatal diagnosis. The author clarifies that technologies in these categories can and do overlap. She discusses the implications for: women's health and autonomy; the roles of women and men and the reproduction of gender relations; and the politics of reproduction.
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Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
878 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-9431-2 (9780761994312)
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Content
Introduction
Gender Constructions and Control of Women's Bodies
Deconstructing/Reconstructing Motherhood
Control over Reproduction and Population Policies
A Gender Perspective
Preventing Conception and Preventing Birth
Assisted Reproduction
'From Cows to Women'
New Gene Technologies of Reproduction
From 'Supermice to Superhumans'
A Double-Edged Sword
Prenatal Diagnosis Technologies for Pregnancy Management
Voices from the Field
New Freedoms, New Dependencies
Gender Constructions and Control of Women's Bodies
Deconstructing/Reconstructing Motherhood
Control over Reproduction and Population Policies
A Gender Perspective
Preventing Conception and Preventing Birth
Assisted Reproduction
'From Cows to Women'
New Gene Technologies of Reproduction
From 'Supermice to Superhumans'
A Double-Edged Sword
Prenatal Diagnosis Technologies for Pregnancy Management
Voices from the Field
New Freedoms, New Dependencies