Biological Relatives: IVF, Stem Cells, and the Future of Kinship

by Sarah Franklin

Book Overview

Thirty-five years after its initial success as a form of technologically assisted human reproduction, and five million miracle babies later, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has become a routine procedure worldwide. In Biological Relatives , Sarah Franklin explores how the normalization of IVF has changed how both technology and biology are understood. Drawing on anthropology, feminist theory, and science studies, Franklin charts the evolution of IVF...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822354993
• ISBN13: 9780822354994
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"