Problems of Conception: Issues of Law, Biotechnology, Individuals and Kinship

by Marit Melhuus

The Biotechnology Act in Norway, one of the most restrictive in Europe, forbids egg donation and surrogacy and has rescinded the anonymity clause with respect to donor insemination. Thus, it limits people's choice as to how they can procreate within the boundaries of the nation state. The author pursues this significant datum ethnographically and addresses the issues surrounding contemporary biopolitics in Norway. This involves investigating such...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857455028
• ISBN13: 9780857455024
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"