The Social Worlds of the Unborn [electronic resource] /
Lupton, D.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""1 Contingencies of the Unborn                                    ""; ""Personhood, humanness and the unborn                                           ""; ""Histories of the unborn                              ""; ""The importance of definitions                                    ""; ""Concluding comments                          ""; ""2 Imaging the Unborn                           ""
""Obstetric ultrasound: from medical diagnostic tool to â€?baby picturesâ€?                                                                            """"Photojournalism and computer visualisations                                                  ""; ""The unborn as cultural artefacts                                       ""; ""The politics of unborn imagery                                     ""; ""Concluding comments                          ""; ""3 The Unborn within the Self: Womenâ€?s Experiences of Pregnancy                                                                     ""
""Ambiguities of pregnancy: the two-in-one body                                                    """"How pregnant women conceptualise the unborn                                                  ""; ""The role of imaging technologies in pregnant subjectivity                                                                ""; ""Attaching/detaching: the maternal/unborn â€?bondâ€?                                                      ""; ""Concluding comments                          ""; ""4 Death, Disposal and the Unborn                                       ""
""Cultural variants in attitudes towards abortion                                                      """"Womenâ€?s experiences of elective abortion                                               ""; ""Decisions about disposal                               ""; ""Bioscientific research and definitions of the unborn                                                           ""; ""Mourning and memorialising unborn death                                              ""; ""Concluding comments                          ""; ""5 The Endangered Unborn                              ""
""Risk and the reproductive citizen                                        """"The â€?public pregnancyâ€?: womenâ€?s experiences                                                  ""; ""The foetal citizen                         ""; ""Eugenics and the relative value of the unborn                                                    ""; ""Concluding comments                          ""; ""Final Thoughts                     ""; ""Glossary of Key Terms                            ""; ""Web Resources                    ""; ""Bibliography                   ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Sociology.
Social medicine.
Human body-Social aspects.
Culture.
Social groups.
Family.
Life sciences.
Gender Studies.
Medical Sociology.
Sociology of the Body.
Sociology of Culture.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Life Sciences, general.