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Technologies of procreation : kinship in the age of assisted conception /Jeanette Edwards,

By: Edwards, Jeanette. ; Strathern, MarilynContributor(s): Jeanette EdwardsMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | Flat No. 17, Prakash Building, No- 4405/2,5 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi- 110002Publication details: New York : Routledge , 1999Description: xiv, 236 p. :ill. :24cmISBN: 9780415170567Subject(s): KinshipGenre/Form: Human reproduction -- Social aspects. | Demography.DDC classification: 304.632 EDW

Contents:

Question of context / Marilyn Strathern -- Beyond expectation : clinical practices and clinical concerns / Frances Price -- Solutions for life and growth? Collaborative conceptions in reproductive medicine / Frances Price -- Explicit connections : ethnographic enquiry in north-west England / Jeannette Edwards -- Clones, who are they? / Jeanette Edwards -- Negotiated limits : interviews in south-east England / Eric Hirsch -- Glimpses of moments in the 'circuit of culture' / Eric Hirsch -- Making representations : the parliamentary debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act / Sarah Franklin -- 'Orphaned" embryos / Sarah Franklin -- Regulation, substitution and possibility / Marilyn Strathern -- Relational view, 1993 / Marilyn Strathern -- Relational view, 1998 / Marilyn Strathern.

Summary: Technologies of Procreation bridges the gap between medical technology and cultural values. It looks at the ways in which the 'technologies of procreation' affect society from an anthropological perspective.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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Question of context / Marilyn Strathern --
Beyond expectation : clinical practices and clinical concerns / Frances Price --
Solutions for life and growth? Collaborative conceptions in reproductive medicine / Frances Price --
Explicit connections : ethnographic enquiry in north-west England / Jeannette Edwards --
Clones, who are they? / Jeanette Edwards --
Negotiated limits : interviews in south-east England / Eric Hirsch --
Glimpses of moments in the 'circuit of culture' / Eric Hirsch --
Making representations : the parliamentary debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act / Sarah Franklin --
'Orphaned" embryos / Sarah Franklin --
Regulation, substitution and possibility / Marilyn Strathern --
Relational view, 1993 / Marilyn Strathern --
Relational view, 1998 / Marilyn Strathern.

Technologies of Procreation bridges the gap between medical technology and cultural values. It looks at the ways in which the 'technologies of procreation' affect society from an anthropological perspective.

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