The public life of the fetal sonogram
Subtitle: technology, consumption, and the politics of reproduction
By: Janelle S. Taylor.
Series: Studies in medical anthropology
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780813543635; 9780813543642
Subjects: Fetus -- Ultrasonic imaging -- Social aspects; Ultrasonography, Prenatal -- utilization; Commodification; Marketing of Health Services; Mothers -- psychology; Ultrasonography, Prenatal -- psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Sonographers and the making of the public fetus; title: Obstetrical ultrasound between medical practice and public culture; title: Love machine : the theory of ultrasound bonding; title: Prenatal diagnosis, pregnancy, and consumption; title: Entertaining fetuses : keepsake ultrasound and crisis pregnancy centers.