Assisting Reproduction, Testing Genes

Global Encounters with the New Biotechnologies

304 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie
• ISBN: 9781845456252
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2009
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Marcia C. Inhorn, Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli