Cryopolitics of Reproduction on Ice

Charlotte Kroløkke is Professor with Special Responsibilities in Cultural Analyses of Reproduction in the Department for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark.  Thomas Søbirk Petersen is Professor with Special Responsibilities of Ethics at Roskilde University.  Janne Rothmar Herrmann is Professor with Special Responsibilities in Health Law and Technology at the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen. Anna Sofie Bach is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark. Stine Willum Adrianis an Associate Professor in Techno-Anthropology at Aalborg University. Rune Klingenberg is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Communication and Arts at Roskilde University. Michael Nebeling Petersen is Associate Professor at the Department for the Study of Culture, University of Southern Denmark.

• Introduction Chapter 1. the Market in Ice Chapter 2. Disease: On the Use of Freezing on Medical Indication Chapter 3. Delay: On the Use of Freezing for Non-Medical Reasons Chapter 4. Death and Destruction Chapter 5. Disturb Conclusion

‘If cryopolitics is defined as the harnessing of low temperature to make live and not let die, then a cryopolitical analysis must account for its role transforming reproduction—human and otherwise. The Cryopolitics of Reproduction on Ice represents a landmark contribution to this project. The authors draw on recent critical theory to examine how such transformations have unfolded in Scandinavia. In doing so, they reveal how legal notions of the family shape and are shaped by this new ice age.’