Jeanette Edwards, Sarah Franklin, Eric Hirsch, Frances Price, Marilyn Strathen
Technologies of Procreation bridges the gap between medical technology and cultural values. It looks at the ways in which the 'technologies of procreation' affect society from an anthropological perspective.
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Success of first edition (Hb only - Manchester University Press, 1993) Paperback will be make this popular text more available for students - on recommended reading lists.
Wide academic appeal - medical, anthropological, social sciences and general subject - is often in media so is wide reaching
Use of empirical research
High profile authors especially Marilyn Strathern - Head of Anthropology at Cambridge and very well known and respected in field
Potential in US, Canada, Australia, Scandinavia and Europe - international appeal
Introduction, Second Edition Introduction, First Edition: A question of context; Chapter 1, Beyond expectation: clinical practices and clinical concern; Chapter 2, Explicit connections: ethnographic enquiry in north-west England; Chapter 3, Negotiated limits: interviews in south-east England; Chapter 4, Making representations: the parliamentary debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act; Chapter 4, Making representations: the parliamentary debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act; Chapter 5, Regulation, substitution and possibility; Postillegalscript First Edition: A relational view Postillegalscript Second Edition
Now available in paperback, this book takes a fresh look at the social and cultural implications of the new reproductive technologies and assisted conception. It has already attracted a wide readership in anthropology, sociology and health.
Über den Autor
Jeanette Edwards, Sarah Franklin, Eric Hirsch, Frances Price, Marilyn Strathen
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction, Second Edition Introduction, First Edition: A question of context; Chapter 1, Beyond expectation: clinical practices and clinical concern; Chapter 2, Explicit connections: ethnographic enquiry in north-west England; Chapter 3, Negotiated limits: interviews in south-east England; Chapter 4, Making representations: the parliamentary debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act; Chapter 4, Making representations: the parliamentary debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act; Chapter 5, Regulation, substitution and possibility; Postillegalscript First Edition: A relational view Postillegalscript Second Edition
Klappentext
Now available in paperback, this book takes a fresh look at the social and cultural implications of the new reproductive technologies and assisted conception. It has already attracted a wide readership in anthropology, sociology and health.
