Reproducing Reproduction: Kinship, Power, and Technological Innovation

by Sarah Franklin

Book Overview

Focusing on the key themes of power, kinship, and technological innovation, this volume offers a set of carefully argued empirical studies that emphasize the importance of ethnographic method, as well as anthropological theory, to current debates about the reproductive processes of humans, animals, and plants. In chapters on abortion, assisted conception, biodiversity conservation, artificial life sciences, adoption, intellectual property, and prenatal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812215842
• ISBN13: 9780812215847
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"