Author

Contributions

  • Djerassi, Carl. - Contributor

Publication

2008 - University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wis, Wisconsin

Language

English

Word Count

28,750 words, Guess

Page Count

115 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivesexinageoftechno0000djer
  • ISBN-139780299227906
  • ISBN-139780299227944
  • ISBN-100299227901
  • ISBN-100299227944
and 7 more
  • Goodreads6706057', '5422482
  • LibraryThing8455646
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008010993
  • OCLC Control Number222249166
  • Better World Books9780299227944
  • Better World Books9780299227906
  • Open LibraryOL16773737M

Classifications

  • DDC812/.54
  • LCCPS3554.J47 I27 2008
  • LCCPS3554.J47I27 2008

Description

"Two of the most startling developments in contemporary science have radically disrupted the historical connection between sex and reproduction: in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) - an assisted reproductive technique that directly injects a single sperm into an egg. The word play ICSI - designed for classroom readings - presents, in the format of a contentious talk-show dialogue, the science of direct-injection fertilization and the ethical issues connected with it. A DVD included in the book provides video of the ICSI injection process as viewed through a microscope, to be used in performances of the ICSI one-act dialogue. Taboos, a full-length play, turns the screws on characters that reflect a polarized America. Two couples - lesbian partners and a conservative husband and wife struggling with infertility - must make choices in a drama that examines the disjunction of sexual reproduction and the physical act of sex."--Jacket.

Subjects

Genres

  • Drama

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