the ontological choreography of reproductive technologies /
First Statement of Responsibility
Charis Thompson.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
MIT Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2005]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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x, 360 pages ;
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24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Inside technology
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Assisted reproductive technology (ART) makes babies and parents at once. Drawing on science and technology studies, feminist theory, and historical and ethnographic analyses of ART clinics, Charis Thompson explores the intertwining of biological reproduction with the personal, political, and technological meanings of reproduction. She analyzes the "ontological choreography" at ART clinics - the dynamics by which technical, scientific, kinship, gender, emotional, legal, political, financial, and other matters are coordinated - using ethnographic data to address questions usually treated in the abstract.
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Reproductive technologies, says Thompson, are part of the increasing tendency to turn social problems into biomedical questions and can be used as a lens to see the resulting changes in the relations between science and society."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Human reproductive technology-- Philosophy.
Human reproductive technology-- Social aspects-- United States.
Human reproductive technology-- United States-- History.