Technologies of Procreation: Kinship in the Age of Assisted Conception - Couverture rigide

Edwards, Jeanette; Franklin, Sarah; Hirsch, Eric; Price, Frances; Strathern, Marilyn

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719038154 ISBN 13 : 9780719038150

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 1993

Synopsis

An anthropological study of kin relationships - represented in terms of a special connection between social relations and biological relations - and the new reproductive technologies, which explores how the ramifications of the use of human embryos changes the traditional concept of family.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719038154
• ISBN 13: 9780719038150
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible