168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is all about reproductive genetics, a sociological concept developed to define the use of DNA-based technologies in the medical management and supervision of reproduction and pregnant women. In a searching analysis, Elizabeth Ettorre uncovers the hidden social processes involved in the development of these technologies. Focussing on prenatal screening, she explores how the key concepts... Read more
Introduction: The Sociology of Reproductive Genetics: The Institutions of Reproductive and Gender and Genes in Bodies 1. Prenatal Politics and 'Normal Patients Families' 2. Biomedical Knowledge and Interests: Genetic Storytellers and Normative Strategies 3. Organisation of 'Genetics Work': Surveillance Medicine and Genetic Risk as a Novelty 4. Shaping Pregnant Bodies: Distorting Metaphors, Reproductive Asceticism and Genetic Capital 5. Gendered Bodies, The Discourse of Shame and 'Disablism' 6. Syncronizing Pregnant Bodies and Making Reproductive Time: Comparing Expert Claims in Greece, Netherlands, England and Finland 7. Reproductive Genetics and the Need for Embodied Ethics
Biography
Elizabeth Ettorre
