Description
Since 1978, when the first babies conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) were born in the UK and India, assisted reproduction has become a global industry. In The Reproductive Industry: Intimate Experiences and Global Processes the contributors reflect on the global dimensions of IVF and assisted reproductive technologies, examining how people have used these technologies to create diverse family forms, including gay, lesbian, and transgender parenthood and complex configurations of genetic, gestational, and social parenthood. This edited collection examines how IVF and other reproductive technologies have and have not circulated around the globe; how reproductive technologies can be situated historically, nationally, locally, and culturally; and the ways in which culture, practices, regulations, norms, families, and kinship ties may be reinforced or challenged through the use of assisted reproduction.
About the Author
Vera Mackie is senior professor of Asian and international studies and director of the Center for Critical Human Rights Research at University of Wollongong. Nicola J. Marks is senior lecturer at the University of Wollongong. Sarah Ferber is professor of history at the University of Wollongong.
Reviews
"This exemplary volume charts both the promises and fragilities of assisted reproduction as it is being choreographed within and between societies across the globe. Through rich ethnographic, historical, and legal accounts, the collection shines a much-needed light on the ways in which technologies are reconfiguring kin and families, including for transgender people and queer communities. The volume's focus on the Asia-Pacific is also novel and timely, given regional concerns over low fertility amidst the exploitation of surrogate women's bodies. In short, this is a must-read volume for anyone interested in gender, technology, and globally mediated quests for conception." -- Marcia C. Inhorn, Yale University
"The Reproductive Industry: Intimate Experiences and Global Processes is a provocative book that challenges the happy-ever-after narratives around assisted reproductive technologies to expose the inequalities of power, gender, race and sexuality on which this global trade depends." -- Shurlee Swain, Australian Catholic University
Book Information
ISBN 9781498570657
Author Vera Mackie
Format Hardback
Page Count 196
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 472g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 161mm * 20mm
About the Author
Vera Mackie is senior professor of Asian and international studies and director of the Center for Critical Human Rights Research at University of Wollongong. Nicola J. Marks is senior lecturer at the University of Wollongong. Sarah Ferber is professor of history at the University of Wollongong.
Reviews
"This exemplary volume charts both the promises and fragilities of assisted reproduction as it is being choreographed within and between societies across the globe. Through rich ethnographic, historical, and legal accounts, the collection shines a much-needed light on the ways in which technologies are reconfiguring kin and families, including for transgender people and queer communities. The volume's focus on the Asia-Pacific is also novel and timely, given regional concerns over low fertility amidst the exploitation of surrogate women's bodies. In short, this is a must-read volume for anyone interested in gender, technology, and globally mediated quests for conception." -- Marcia C. Inhorn, Yale University
"The Reproductive Industry: Intimate Experiences and Global Processes is a provocative book that challenges the happy-ever-after narratives around assisted reproductive technologies to expose the inequalities of power, gender, race and sexuality on which this global trade depends." -- Shurlee Swain, Australian Catholic University
Book Information
ISBN 9781498570657
Author Vera Mackie
Format Hardback
Page Count 196
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 472g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 161mm * 20mm
