Title Reproductive genetics, gender, and the body / Elizabeth Ettorre.

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London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

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Description	1 online resource (156 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-151) and index.
Contents	1. Prenatal politics and 'normal patient families' -- 2. Biomedical knowledge and interests : genetic storytellers and normative strategies -- 3. Organisation of 'genetics work' : surveillance medicine and genetic risk identity as a novelty -- 4. Shaping pregnant bodies : distorting metaphors, reproductive asceticism and genetic capital -- 5. Gendered bodies, the discourse of shame and 'disablism' -- 6. Synchronising pregnant bodies and marking reproductive time : comparing experts' claims in Greece, the Netherlands, England and Finland -- 7. Reproductive genetics and the need for embodied ethics.
Summary	This topical and scholarly book focuses on prenatal screening to explore how the key concepts of gender and the body are intertwined with the whole process of building genetic knowledge, including specific techniques and procedures.
Local Note	EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text
Subject	Human reproduction.
	Human reproductive technology.
	Human genetics.
	Genetic engineering.
	Prenatal diagnosis.
	Fertility.
	Human body.
	Reproductive Techniques.
	Gender Identity.
	Genetic Engineering.
	Prenatal Diagnosis.
	Reproduction -- genetics.
	HEALTH & FITNESS -- Sexuality.
	Fertility. (OCoLC)fst00923145
	Genetic engineering. (OCoLC)fst00940027
	Human body. (OCoLC)fst01730057
	Human genetics. (OCoLC)fst00963075
	Human reproduction. (OCoLC)fst00963221
	Human reproductive technology. (OCoLC)fst00963260
	Prenatal diagnosis. (OCoLC)fst01075465
Other Form:	Print version: Ettorre, Elizabeth, 1948- Reproductive genetics, gender, and the body. London : Routledge, 2002 (DLC) 2002069907
ISBN	0415213851 (paperback)
	9780415213851 (paperback)
	0203461487 (ebook)
	9780203461488 (ebook)
	0203769724 (Glassbook Format)
	9780203769720 (Glassbook Format)
	0585452121 (electronic book)
	0415213843
	9780585452128 (electronic book)
	9780415213844

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