Technologies of Procreation: Kinship in the Age of Assisted Conception [Hardcover]

Technologies of Procreation bridges the gap between medical technology and cultural values. It looks at the ways in which the 'technologies of procreation' affect society from an anthropological perspective.Now available in paperback, this book takes a fresh look at the social and cultural implications of the new reproductive technologies and assisted conception. It has already attracted a wide readership in anthropology, sociology and health.Introduction, Second Edition Introduction, First Edition: A question of context; Chapter 1, Beyond expectation: clinical practices and clinical concern; Chapter 2, Explicit connections: ethnographic enquiry in north-west England; Chapter 3, Negotiated limits: interviews in south-east England; Chapter 4, Making representations: the parliamentary debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act; Chapter 4, Making representations: the parliamentary debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act; Chapter 5, Regulation, substitution and possibility; Postscript First Edition: A relational view Postscript Second EditionJeanette Edwards, Sarah Franklin, Eric Hirsch, Frances Price, Marilyn StrathenUS? 1999Jeanette Edwards, Sarah Franklin, Eric Hirsch, Frances Price and Marilyn Strathern