Test-Tube Women
eBook - ePub

Test-Tube Women

What Future for Motherhood?

  1. 508 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Test-Tube Women

What Future for Motherhood?

About this book

Originally published in 1984, when new reproductive technologies were just beginning to become part of the public discussion, this edition was published with a new preface in 1989. The Editors wanted to look carefully at how much real choice reproductive technologies offered to women. Genetic engineering, sperm banks, test tube fertilization, sex selection, surrogate mothering, experimentation in the so called 'third world', increased technological intervention in childbirth – were we taking pregnancy and the birth process out of the dark ages or into a terrifying 'brave new world'?

They ask who controls it? Who benefits? The technological machine grinds on, in headline-grabbing leaps or in quiet developments in research laboratories: but what are the implications for women worldwide? Still a huge industry today, this reissue can be read in its historical context.

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Yes, you can access Test-Tube Women by Rita Arditti,Renate Duelli Klein,Shelley Minden in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Gender Studies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781040165621

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Original Copyright Page
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Preface to the 1989 Edition
  10. Introduction
  11. In the Beginning
  12. What Future for Motherhood?
  13. Test-Tube Women
  14. To Have or not to Have a Child
  15. If You would be the Mother of a Son
  16. A Long Overdue Feminist Issue: Disability and Motherhood
  17. The Motherhood Market
  18. Women Taking Control: A Womb of One’s Own
  19. Glossary
  20. Resources
  21. Further Reading
  22. Notes on Contributors
  23. Index