Manufacturing babies and public consent : debating the new reproductive technologies /

Manufacturing babies and public consent : debating the new reproductive technologies / Jose Van Dyck.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Dijck, Jose van
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, ℗♭1995.
Subjects:	Human reproductive technology > Social aspects. Human reproductive technology > Public opinion. Public Opinion. Reproductive Techniques.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Manufacturing Babies and Public Consent
1. Mapping the Public Debate on New Reproductive Technologies
Public Debate as a Field of Struggle
Medical Authority and Feminist Criticism
2. Reading Science, Journalism and Fiction as Culture
Science as Discourse
Journalism as Discourse
Science in Fiction, Fictions of Science
Role of the Critic in a Public Debate
3. Constructing the Need for New Reproductive Technologies
First Test-Tube Baby: 'Gee Whiz! A Miracle!'
From Miracle to Cure: Establishing the Need for IVF
From Cure to Plague
4. Feminist Assessments of New Reproductive Technologies
Constructing a Countermyth
Rejecting the Countermyth
Imagining Reproduction: Feminist Fictions of Science
Feminism between Margin and Mainstream
5. From Cure to Commodity: The Naturalization of IVF
Playing the Odds: The Numbers Game
Natural Construction of Medical Facts
Reconsidering Oppositional Strategies
6. From Need to Right: The Legalization of Genetic Motherhood
Anna Johnson versus the Los Angeles Times
Naturalization of a Legal Definition
Divided Feminist Body
7. From Legalization to Legislation: Race and Age as Determining Factors
Postmenopausal Pregnancies
Transracial Impregnation
Nature, Logic and the Public Debate.