Assisting Reproduction, Testing Genes

Global Encounters with the New Biotechnologies

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

Av Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, Marcia C. Inhorn

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Following the routinization of assisted reproduction in the industrialized world, technologies such as in vitro fertilization, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and DNA-based paternity testing have traveled globally and are now being offered to couples in numerous non-Western countries. This volume explores the application and impact of these advanced reproductive and genetic technologies in societies across the globe. By highlighting both the cross-cultural similarities and diverse meanings that technologies may assume as they enter multiple contexts, the book aims to foster understanding of both the technologies and the settings. Enhanced by cross-cultural perspectives, the book addresses the challenges that globalization presents to local understandings of science, technology, and medicine.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-08-01
Mått152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieFertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
Antal sidor304
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781845456252

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AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Assisting reproduction, testing genes: Global encounters with new biotechnologiesDaphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, Marcia C. InhornPART I: FAMILIES AND BEYOND: REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW SOCIAL ORDERSChapter 1. East in west? Turkish migrants and the conception of the ethnic other in GermanyLisa VanderlindenChapter 2. Cultural meanings of assisted reproductive technologies: Women’s voices from BulgariaYulia Panayotova and Irina L. G. TodorovaChapter 3. ICSI: Reflections on male infertility and manhood in the Middle Eastern Muslim worldMarcia C. InhornPART II: COUPLES AND OTHERS: ASSISTING REPRODUCTION WITH THIRD PARTIESChapter 4. The traffic between women: Female alliance and familial egg donation in EcuadorElizabeth RobertsChapter 5. Law, ethics, and donor technologies in Shi’a IranSoraya TremayneChapter 6. Inappropriate relations: The ban on surrogacy with In Vitro fertilization and the limits of state renovation in contemporary VietnamMelissa J. PashigianChapter 7. Contested surrogacy and the gender order: An Israeli case studyDaphna Birenbaum-CarmeliPART III: TESTING GENES AND USING CELLS: ENCOUNTERS WITH ADVANCED GENETIC TECHNOLOGIESChapter 8. The genesis of embryos and ethics In Vitro: Practicing preimplantation genetic diagnosis in ArgentinaKelly RaspberryChapter 9. Assisted life: The neoliberal moral economy of embryonic stem cells in IndiaAditya BharadwajChapter 10. Doubt is the mother of all invention: DNA and paternity in a Brazilian settingClaudia FonsecaNotes on contributorsBibliographyIndex

“Overall, this book provides good and interesting reading for all who want details of the cultural significances, religious and political impacts of ARTs as experienced by people of different ethnicity and religious background. Most importantly, this volume conveys the complexities of introducing and implementing ARTs in different cultures and political settings. It also brings to forth the meaning of reproduction in societies, the price and value of human life.” · Anthropological Notebooks