Title Making parents : the ontological choreography of reproductive technologies / Charis Thompson

Published Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (x, 360 pages) Series Inside technology Inside technology. Contents Introduction : making parents : selective pronatalism, ontological choreography, a biomedical mode of reproduction, methods, reading this book, and where I stand -- I. Disciplinary stakes -- 1. Science and society : some varieties of science and technology studies -- 2. Fertile ground : feminists theorize reproductive technologies -- II. Ontological choreography -- 3. Techniques of normalization : (re)producing the ART clinic -- 4. Is man to father as woman is to mother? : masculinity, gender performativity, and social (dis)order -- 5. Strategic naturalizing : kinship, race, and ethnicity -- 6. Agency through objectification : subjectivity and technology -- III. Economies Summary "Assisted reproductive technology (ART) makes babies and parents at once. Drawing on science and technology studies, feminist theory, and historical and ethnographic analyses of ART clinics, Charis Thompson explores the intertwining of biological reproduction with the personal, political, and technological meanings of reproduction. She analyzes the "ontological choreography" at ART clinics - the dynamics by which technical, scientific, kinship, gender, emotional, legal, political, financial, and other matters are coordinated - using ethnographic data to address questions usually treated in the abstract Reproductive technologies, says Thompson, are part of the increasing tendency to turn social problems into biomedical questions and can be used as a lens to see the resulting changes in the relations between science and society."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Human reproductive technology -- United States -- History Human reproductive technology -- Social aspects -- United States Human reproductive technology -- Philosophy Human reproductive technology. Social ecology. Reproductive Techniques, Assisted Infertility -- psychology Infertility -- therapy Social Environment human ecology. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Infertility. Social ecology Human reproductive technology Human reproductive technology -- Philosophy Human reproductive technology -- Social aspects Voortplantingstechnieken. Sekseverschillen. Ouderschap. Wetenschap. Sociale aspecten. Etnografie. SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780262284912 026228491X 1423730046 9781423730040

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