Ana Bravo-Moreno

Biotechnologies and Reproductive Agency (eBook, PDF)

An Ethnography of Solo Motherhood in Spain and the United Kingdom

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Produktbeschreibung

As artificial reproductive technologies become available to populations that have previously not had access to them, this book asks how reproduction is being transformed by technologies and individuals whose sexual and reproductive lives may defy sociocultural norms, religious codes and national laws.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040156780
• Artikelnr.: 72285176

Autorenporträt

Ana Bravo-Moreno is the principal investigator of an ERC Advanced Grant at the National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid, Spain, and a tenured professor in social anthropology. She has been a research fellow at the IoE-University College of London (UCL), and a principal researcher at the Institute of Migration Studies, Comillas University in Madrid, and at the University of Granada. Over the years, she has been granted funding for her research from the Marie S. Curie Actions (H2020), Next Generation, Programa Ramón y Cajal, Plan Nacional I+D and AECID among others. Her PhD was awarded by the Institute of Education (IoE), University of London, with funding from the Economic & Social Research Council, UK. Prior to that, she earned an MSc in social anthropology from UCL, participated as an Erasmus student in the MA in Women's Studies at the IoE, and holds a BA (Hons) in Philosophy from the Autonomous University in Madrid. She has been a visiting scholar at the University of California Irvine, UC-Berkeley, Brown University and Florida International University and has taught at the Open University and City University in London. Her research has focused on assisted reproductive technologies, new family forms, reproductive health, international migration and education.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Aims of this book Introduction Chapter 1. Solo motherhood: ART
politics
religion and medical practice Chapter 2. Transcending blood
genes
and the biological nuclear family Chapter 3. Science
profits and success rates. What about patient care? Chapter 4. Reproductive agency and ART: the role of hospitals
legal frameworks
and the media Chapter 5. The intersection of reproductive
work-life balance
early-education and care policies. Chapter 6. Children's Education. Does Feminism Matter? Chapter 7. Conclusions Appendix Index