{"product_id":"european-kinship-in-the-age-of-biotechnology-9781845455736","title":"European Kinship in the Age of Biotechnology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tInterest in the study of kinship, a key area of anthropological enquiry, has recently reemerged. Dubbed ‘the new kinship’, this interest was stimulated by the ‘new genetics’ and revived interest in kinship and family patterns. This volume investigates the impact of biotechnology on contemporary understandings of kinship, of family and ‘belonging’ in a variety of European settings and reveals similarities and differences in how kinship is conceived. What constitutes kinship for different publics? How significant are biogenetic links? What does family resemblance tell us? Why is genetically modified food an issue? Are ‘genes’ and ‘blood’ interchangeable? It has been argued that the recent prominence of genetic science and genetic technologies has resulted in a ‘geneticization’ of social life; the ethnographic examples presented here do show shifts occurring in notions of ‘nature’ and of what is ‘natural’. But, they also illustrate the complexity of contemporary kinship thinking in Europe and the continued interconnectedness of biological and sociological understandings of relatedness and the relationship between nature and nurture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis superb anthology extends the emphasis on technology that has become such a prominent feature of much recent anthropological work on kinship…In this richly ethnographic text, the most familiar problems produce the most unusual answers…Each chapter brilliantly combines kinship as a matrix with kinship as a tool, using ethnographic examples that leap off the page.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJournal of Anthropological Research\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e The Matter in Kinship\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJeanette Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Knowing and Relating: Kinship, Assisted Reproductive Technologies and the New Genetics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJoan Bestard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Imagining Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Family, Kinship and ‘Local Thinking’ in Lithuania\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAuksuole Cepaitiene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Eating Genes and Raising People: Kinship Thinking and Genetically Modified Food in the North of England\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eCathrine Degnen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Family Body: Persons, Bodies and Resemblance\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDiana Marre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJoan Bestard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e The Contribution of Homoparental Families to the Current Debate on Kinship\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAnne Cadoret\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Corpo-real Identities: Perspectives from a Gypsy Community\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eNathalie Manrique\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Incest, Embodiment, Genes and Kinship\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eEnric Porqueres i Gené\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJérôme Wilgaux\u003c\/i\u003e (France)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e ‘Loving Mothers’ at Work: Raising Others’ Children and Building Families with the Intention to Love and Take Care\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eEniko Demény\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Adoption and Assisted Conception: One Universe of Unnatural Procreation. An Examination of Norwegian Legislation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMarit Melhuus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSigne Howell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Fields of Post-human Kinship\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBen Campbell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Are Genes Good to Think With?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eCarles Salazar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tAuthor Index\u003cbr\u003e \tSubject Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042980954455,"sku":"9781845455736","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845455736.jpg?v=1750956503","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/european-kinship-in-the-age-of-biotechnology-9781845455736","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}