Reproductive Technologies as Global Form | Ethnographies of Knowledge, Practices, and Transnational Encounters

Michi Knecht (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3593391007 / ISBN 13: 9783593391007

Published by Campus Verlag, 2012

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Reproductive Technologies as Global Form | Ethnographies of Knowledge, Practices, and Transnational Encounters | Michi Knecht (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Großformatiges Paperback. Klappenbroschur | 386 S. | Englisch | 2012 | Campus Verlag | EAN 9783593391007 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Beltz Verlagsgruppe GmbH & Co. KG, Werderstr. 10, 69469 Weinheim, info[at]campus[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reproductive Technologies as Global Form | Ethnographies of Knowledge, Practices, and Transnational Encounters
• Publisher: Campus Verlag
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3593391007
• ISBN 13: 9783593391007
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 213W x 140H x 30D millimeters 213 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 30 millimeters depth
• Weight: 482 grams
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Synopsis

In the thirty years since the first “test-tube baby,” in-vitro fertilization and other methods of reproductive assistance have become a common aspect of family life and medicine in developed nations—and, increasingly, throughout the world. This collection brings together ethnographic studies of how these reproductive technologies are deployed across a wide variety of nations and cultures, taking special account of how they are linked to aspirations towards modernity—and how they contribute to an ongoing reconfiguration of the boundaries of knowledge and human agency. The resulting volume offers both a current snapshot of the cultural state of reproductive technologies and a plethora of provocative questions for the future.

About the Authors

Michi Knecht is a senior researcher and lecturer, Maren Klotz is a research fellow, and Stefan Beck is professor in the Department of European Ethnology at Humboldt University Berlin.

Maren Klotz is a senior lecturer in the Department of European Ethnology at the Humboldt University Berlin. She is coeditor of Reproductive Technologies as Global Form: Ethnographies of Knowledge, Practices, and Transnational Encounters.