Kenneth A. Loparo

Manufacturing Babies and Public Consent

Debating the New Reproductive Technologies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Analyzes the public debate surrounding reproductive technologies as it has evolved in the USA and Britain since 1978, from a cultural studies perspective, drawing from feminist theory and discourse analysis. The book juxtaposes a variety of textual material, from scientific articles to fiction.

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In Manufacturing Babies and Public Consent, Jose Van Dyck sketches a map of the public debate on new reproductive technologies as it has evolved in the USA and Britain since 1978. Many people have participated in heated discussions on test-tube babies and in vitro fertilization, particularly medical researchers and feminists. The new technologies have been both embraced as the cure to infertility and condemned as the exploitation of women's bodies. Reconstructing this debate, Van Dyck juxtaposes a variety of textual material, from scientific articles to newspaper articles and works of fiction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-62965-9
• 1995
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 315g
• ISBN-13: 9780333629659
• ISBN-10: 0333629655
• Artikelnr.: 42305868

Autorenporträt

JOSE VAN DYCK

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements - Introduction: Manufacturing Babies and Public Consent - Mapping the Public Debate on New Reproductive Technologies - Reading Science, Journalism and Fiction as Culture - Constructing the Need for Reproductive Technologies - Feminist Assessments of New Reproductive Technologies - From Cure to Commodity: The Naturalization of IVF - From Need to Right: The Legalization of Genetic Motherhood - From Legalization to Legislation: Race and Age as Determining Factors - Conclusion - Notes - Works Cited - Index