Title Biological relatives : IVF, stem cells, and the future of kinship / Sarah Franklin

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 364 pages) : illustrations Series Experimental futures Experimental futures. Contents Miracle babies -- Living tools -- Embryo pioneers -- Reproductive technologies -- Living IVF -- IVF live -- Frontier culture -- After IVF Summary Thirty-five years after its initial success as a form of technologically assisted human reproduction, and five million miracle babies later, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has become a routine procedure worldwide. In Biological Relatives, Sarah Franklin explores how the normalization of IVF has changed how both technology and biology are understood. Drawing on anthropology, feminist theory, and science studies, Franklin charts the evolution of IVF from an experimental research technique into a global technological platform used for a wide variety of applications, including genetic diagnosis, livestock breeding, cloning, and stem cell research. She contends that despite its ubiquity, IVF remains a highly paradoxical technology that confirms the relative and contingent nature of biology while creating new biological relatives. Using IVF as a lens, Franklin presents a bold and lucid thesis linking technologies of gender and sex to reproductive biomedicine, contemporary bioinnovation, and the future of kinship Sarah Franklin explores the history and future of in vitro fertilization (IVF) thirty-five years and five million babies after its initial success as a form of technologically-assisted human reproduction Analysis Science Studies Feminist Anthropology Kinship-Philosophy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-350) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Social aspects Kinship -- Philosophy Feminist anthropology. Families. Nuclear families. Reproductive technology. Sociology. Technology. Therapeutics. Social psychology. Social sciences. Medical care. Biomedical engineering. Fertilization in vitro. Fertilization in vitro, Human. Human reproductive technology. Social change. Fertilization in Vitro -- psychology Family Reproductive Techniques Sociology Technology Socioeconomic Factors Genetic Phenomena Therapeutics Investigative Techniques Population Characteristics Psychology, Social Technology, Industry, and Agriculture Social Sciences Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Delivery of Health Care Technology, Industry, Agriculture Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Phenomena and Processes Psychiatry and Psychology Heredity Biomedical Technology Fertilization in Vitro Reproductive Techniques, Assisted Nuclear Family Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Technology -- ethics Family Relations Heredity -- ethics Reproductive Techniques, Assisted -- trends Social Change Patient Care sociology. social psychology. social sciences. biomedical engineering. treating (health care function) Politics and government. Society and social sciences Society and social sciences. SCIENCE -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. Therapeutics Technology Sociology Social sciences Social psychology Social change Reproductive technology Nuclear families Medical care Human reproductive technology Fertilization in vitro, Human Fertilization in vitro Families Biomedical engineering Feminist anthropology Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Social aspects Kinship -- Philosophy Reproduktionsmedizin Ersatzmutterschaft Verwandtschaft Feminismus Anthropologie Form Electronic book LC no. 2013018962 ISBN 9780822378259 0822378256 9781478091363 1478091363

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