The Social Worlds of the Unborn
Human embryos and foetuses are highly public and contested figures. Their visual images appear across a wide range of forums. They have become commercial commodities as part of the IVF industry and are the focus of intense debates regarding concepts of personhood. This book discusses these issues, drawing on social and cultural theory and research.
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The Social Worlds of the Unborn
Human embryos and foetuses are highly public and contested figures. Their visual images appear across a wide range of forums. They have become commercial commodities as part of the IVF industry and are the focus of intense debates regarding concepts of personhood. This book discusses these issues, drawing on social and cultural theory and research.
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The Social Worlds of the Unborn

The Social Worlds of the Unborn

by D. Lupton
The Social Worlds of the Unborn

The Social Worlds of the Unborn

by D. Lupton

Hardcover(2013)

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Overview

Human embryos and foetuses are highly public and contested figures. Their visual images appear across a wide range of forums. They have become commercial commodities as part of the IVF industry and are the focus of intense debates regarding concepts of personhood. This book discusses these issues, drawing on social and cultural theory and research.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781137310712
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 06/19/2013
Series: Palgrave Pivot
Edition description: 2013
Pages: 153
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Deborah Lupton is Senior Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her most recent publications include Medicine as Culture, Fat and Risk.

Table of Contents

1. Contingencies of the Unborn 2. Imaging the Unborn 3. The Unborn within the Self: Women's Experiences of Pregnancy 4. Death, Disposal and the Unborn 5. The Endangered Unborn
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