Recreating Motherhood: Ideology and Technology in a Patriarchal Society

by Barbara Katz Rothman

Book Overview

Selling "genetically gifted" human eggs on the free market for a hefty price. In vitro fertilization. Fetal rights. Prenatal diagnosis. Surrogacy. All are instances of biomedical and social... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393026450
• ISBN13: 9780393026450
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Father Technology Doesn't Know Best

Barbara Katz Rothman provides a riveting discussion of the moral, ethical and social implications of reproductive technology. But it saddens me that she -- like so many educated women -- seems to accept the idea that Father Technology -- in the form of the medical/pharmaceutical industry -- offers the only possible solution to infertility, aside from adoption. Must it be either/or? Female intuition tells me "no" and there's a mother lode of healthful and nourishing traditions that modern women can profitably mine. I would highly recommend Katie Singer's book "Garden of Fertility" for any couples experiencing infertility and considering their options.