The Other Machine

Discourse and Reproductive Technologies
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-415-91278-5
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Thinking Gender

With technological advances in reproduction no longer confined to the laboratory or involving only the isolated individual, women and men are increasingly resorting to a variety of technologies unheard of a few decades ago to assist them in becoming parents. The public at large, and feminists as a group, are confused and divided over how to view these technologies and over what positions to take on the moral and legal dilemmas they give rise to. Farquhar argues that two perspectives have tended to dominate feminist discussions of these issues. She labels these: "fundamental feminism" and "market liberalism." By linking a theoterical approach with a practical set of issues, Farquhar's The Other Machine provides a rigorous analysis of contemporary feminist debates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Farquhar, Dion

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Reproduktionsmedizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Über Autor(innen)

Dion Farquhar is a political theorist, cultural critic, poet and prose fiction writer living in Santa Cruz.