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Examining the industry of reproductive technology from the perspective of the consumer, this book scrutinizes the staggering array of medical options available to women and men with fertility problems and assesses the toll - both financial and emotional - that the quest for a biological child often exacts from would-be parents.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction: From Personal Experience to Research 1. Consuming Technologies 2. Confronting Notions of Normalcy 3. The Embattled Body 4. Genes and Generations 5. Experiencing Risks 6. Taking Action 7. Selling Hope 8. Decisions about Donors 9. Embodied Technology 10. Shifting Gears 11. Redefining Normalcy 12. Women Rethinking Parenthood 13. Rewriting the Family 14. Performing Gender

The Elusive Embryo

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 20 December 2000
      ISBN-13 9780520224315
      978-0520224315
      ISBN-10 0520224310
      Also in:
      Education Archaeology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examining the industry of reproductive technology from the perspective of the consumer, this book scrutinizes the staggering array of medical options available to women and men with fertility problems and assesses the toll - both financial and emotional - that the quest for a biological child often exacts from would-be parents.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction: From Personal Experience to Research 1. Consuming Technologies 2. Confronting Notions of Normalcy 3. The Embattled Body 4. Genes and Generations 5. Experiencing Risks 6. Taking Action 7. Selling Hope 8. Decisions about Donors 9. Embodied Technology 10. Shifting Gears 11. Redefining Normalcy 12. Women Rethinking Parenthood 13. Rewriting the Family 14. Performing Gender

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