Women and Reproductive Technologies

The Socio-Economic Development of Technologies Changing the World

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ID5842136
AuthorsAnnette Burfoot, Derya Güngör (0000-0001-6585-2819)
Year2021
Pages192
Publication date2021-11-09
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueWomen and Reproductive Technologies (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780429467646
OpenAlexW4206514123
Open LibraryOL33953993M
ISBN9780429467646
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited3

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. A sociological and historical study of the development of reproductive technologies, this book focuses on key technological developments through a biomedicalization lens with special attention to gender. Using in vitro fertilization (IVF) as a hub, it critically examines the main areas of related socio-technical developments: reproductive science, birth control, animal husbandry, genetics and reproductive medicine. Employing a critical framework to illuminate dominant discourses, the book also highlights examples of social resistance, as well as contradictory responses to new reproductive technologies. Over eight chapters, the author examines the social history of reproduction and sexuality, reproductive technologies from old to new and debates surrounding new reproductive technologies and genetic engineering. Women and Reproductive Technologies pays close attention to the interconnections between the business of reproduction (and replication industries), the sociality of reproduction (including reproductive justice) and what are considered the technologies themselves. As such, it constitutes essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of sociology, health studies and gender studies interested in the current state of human reproduction

Reproductive Health and Technologies · Gynecology

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