| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 205 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in medical anthropology |
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Studies in medical anthropology.
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| Contents |
Sonographers and the making of the public fetus -- Obstetrical ultrasound between medical practice and public culture -- Love machine : the theory of ultrasound bonding -- Prenatal diagnosis, pregnancy, and consumption -- Entertaining fetuses : keepsake ultrasound and crisis pregnancy centers |
| Summary |
In The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram, medical anthropologist Janelle S. Taylor analyzes the full sociocultural context of ultrasound technology and imagery. Drawing upon ethnographic research both within and beyond the medical setting, Taylor shows how ultrasound has entered into public consumer culture in the United States. The book documents and critically analyzes societal uses for ultrasound such as nondiagnostic?keepsake? ultrasound businesses that foster a new consumer market for these blurry, monochromatic images of eagerly awaited babies, and anti-abortion clinics that use ultraso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Fetus -- Ultrasonic imaging -- Social aspects.
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Ultrasonography, Prenatal -- statistics & numerical data.
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Commodification.
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Marketing of Health Services.
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Mothers -- psychology.
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Ultrasonography, Prenatal -- psychology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007051732 |
| ISBN |
0813545609 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813545608 (electronic bk.) |
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(hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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(paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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(hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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(paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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