Author

Publication

1999 - Routledge, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

90,250 words, Guess

Page Count

361 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number98045968
  • Goodreads1056255
  • LibraryThing168272

Classifications

  • DDC618.3/204275
  • LCCRG628.3.A48 R37 1999

Description

"Rayna Rapp, one of America's leading feminist anthropologists, has spent more than a decade researching the social impact of amniocentesis. Drawing upon hundreds of women's stories - and her own - she shows us the human faces behind these new reproductive technologies. Their lives, their stories, and their decisions ask difficult questions about the role of scientific knowledge and genetic research in understanding what it is to be human."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

THIS BOOK EXPLORES the social impact and cultural meaning of prenatal diagnosis, one of the most routinized of the new reproductive technologies.

Subjects

Topics

MEDICALAmniocentèseAspect socialAmniocentesisSocial aspectsPrenatal DiagnosisCultural Anthropology

Places

Series Statement

  • The anthropology of everyday life

Other Editions

  • Testing women, testing the fetus: the social impact of amniocentesis in AmericaRoutledge1999-01-01
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