Embodied Progress

A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Allied Health Services, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Sarah Franklin ISBN: 9781134917389
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: September 11, 2002
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Sarah Franklin
ISBN: 9781134917389
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: September 11, 2002
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

New reproductive technologies, such as in vitrio fertilization, have been the subject of intense public discussion and debate worldwide. In addition to difficult ethical, moral, personal and political questions, new technologies of assisted conception also raise novel socio-cultural dilemmas. How are parenthood, kinship and procreation being redefined in the context of new reproductive technologies? Has reproductive choice become part of consumer culture? Embodied Progress offers a unique perspective on these and other cultural dimensions of assisted conception techniques. Based on ethnographic research in Britain, this study foregrounds the experiences of women and couples who undergo IVF, whilst also asking how such experiences may be variously understood.

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New reproductive technologies, such as in vitrio fertilization, have been the subject of intense public discussion and debate worldwide. In addition to difficult ethical, moral, personal and political questions, new technologies of assisted conception also raise novel socio-cultural dilemmas. How are parenthood, kinship and procreation being redefined in the context of new reproductive technologies? Has reproductive choice become part of consumer culture? Embodied Progress offers a unique perspective on these and other cultural dimensions of assisted conception techniques. Based on ethnographic research in Britain, this study foregrounds the experiences of women and couples who undergo IVF, whilst also asking how such experiences may be variously understood.

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