Kristeva in focus
Subtitle: from theory to film analysis
By: Katherine J. Goodnow.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781845456122
Subjects: Kristeva, Julia, -- 1941- -- Criticism and interpretation; Motion pictures -- Philosophy; Motion pictures -- Social aspects; Motion pictures -- New  Zealand
Description: Following the routinization of assisted reproduction in the industrialized world, technologies such as in vitro fertilization, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and DNA-based paternity testing have traveled globally and are now being offered to couples in numerous non-Western countries. This volume explores the application and impact of these advanced reproductive and genetic technologies in societies across the globe. By highlighting both the cross-cultural similarities and diverse meanings that technologies may assume as they enter multiple contexts, the book aims to foster understanding of both the technologies and the settings. Enhanced by cross-cultural perspectives, the book addresses the challenges that globalization presents to local understandings of science, technology, and medicine.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to Kristeva; title: Horror/basic concepts: the abject and its varieties; title: Horror/specifying the circumstances; title: Strangers/basic concepts: strangers without and within; title: Strangers/expansions: the stranger's story; title: Love/basic concepts; title: Love/basic concepts the text of society and history; title: Love/ Expansions: Old and new discourses; title: The text of society and history; title: Women and social change.