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OverviewIn the mid-1990s, the international community pronounced prenatal sex selection via abortion an ""act of violence against women"" and ""unethical."" At the same time, new developments in reproductive technology in the United States led to a method of sex selection before conception; its US inventor marketed the practice as ""family balancing"" and defended it with the rhetoric of freedom of choice. In Gender before Birth, Rajani Bhatia takes on the double standard of how similar practices in the West and non-West are divergently named and framed. Bhatia's extensive fieldwork includes interviews with clinicians, scientists, biomedical service providers, and feminist activists, and her resulting analysis extends both feminist theory on reproduction and feminist science and technology studies. She argues that we are at the beginning of a changing transnational terrain that presents new challenges to theorized inequality in reproduction, demonstrating how the technosciences often get embroiled in colonial gender and racial politics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rajani BhatiaPublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780295999203ISBN 10: 0295999209 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 01 February 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsBhatia, a feminist reproductive justice activist and scholar (SUNY Albany), does not shy away from the difficult issues facing those determined to provide a full range of reproductive options to women of all ethnicities and economic levels. Her account is nuanced, engrossing, and accessible to students and professionals alike. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice * Bhatia, a feminist reproductive justice activist and scholar (SUNY Albany), does not shy away from the difficult issues facing those determined to provide a full range of reproductive options to women of all ethnicities and economic levels. Her account is nuanced, engrossing, and accessible to students and professionals alike. . . . Highly recommended. --Choice Author InformationRajani Bhatia is assistant professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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