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Making Parents: The Ontological Choreography of Reproductive Technologies
Charis Thompson
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Description for Making Parents: The Ontological Choreography of Reproductive Technologies
Paperback. The intertwining of biological reproduction and the personal, political, legal, and technological meanings of reproduction, explored through ethnographic studies and analyzed in the context of science and technology studies and feminist theory. Series: Inside Technology. Num Pages: 380 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: MFKC1; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
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. Reproductive technologies, says Thompson, are part of the increasing tendency to turn social problems into biomedical questions and can be used ... Read more
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. Reproductive technologies, says Thompson, are part of the increasing tendency to turn social problems into biomedical questions and can be used ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Number of pages
380
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Inside Technology
Condition
New
Weight
511g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262701198
SKU
V9780262701198
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About Charis Thompson
Charis Thompson is Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Women's Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Making Parents: The Ontological Choreography of Reproductive Technologies (MIT Press)
Reviews for Making Parents: The Ontological Choreography of Reproductive Technologies
Charis Thompson's Making Parents is an extraordinary account of an extraordinary aspect of our world: the technological, legal, and moral complexities of becoming a parent in the twnety-first century. Throughout, Thompson maintains a wonderful double vision: seeing as a remarkably gifted, scientifically informed ethnographer and watching anxious and hopeful doctors, nurses, and would-be parents with compassion and self-reflection. It is, ... Read more