Kate Reed

Gender and Genetics (eBook, ePUB)

Sociology of the Prenatal

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Prenatal screening for genetic disorders has become increasingly widespread in the UK. This book gives a unique and systematic analysis of the gendered nature of genetic screening, focusing on the experiences of both women and men.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135197209
• Artikelnr.: 38251279

Autorenporträt

Kate Reed is a senior lecturer in Medical Sociology at the University of Sheffield. She has published broadly across the areas of ethnicity, gender, social theory and the sociology of health and illness. She is the author of Worlds of Health (Praeger 2003) and New Directions in Social Theory: Race, Gender and the Canon (Sage 2006).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. Information Keeping/Seeking 2. Gender
Choice and Time 3. Imaging and Imagining Genetics 4. Men
Masculinity and Decision-Making 5. Gendering 'Good' and 'Bad' Genes 6. Family
Friends and Heredity 7. Transforming Social Divisions. Conclusion. Appendix. Bibliography