| Reproductive technologies and the quality of offspring in Asia: reproductive pioneering and moral pragmatism? | |
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PMID: 19499397 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This paper highlights a number of theoretical issues relevant to this special issue of Culture, Health & Sexuality on the quality of offspring, including gender selection, ecofeminism, eugenics, reproductive agency, moral pioneering and reproductive pragmatism in China, India and Japan. First, it discusses various approaches to choice in sex selection, focusing on an instrumentalist and an ecofeminist approach. Second, it discusses issues of reproductive choice in the light of various concepts of eugenics and power, which have been used to characterise the relationship between the state, the individual and prenatal genetic testing. Third, it queries Foucault's notion of biopower in relation to reproductive agency. In reviewing the evidence, the chapter raises questions about how women and parents in Asian societies can be understood in terms of 'reproductive pragmatism', 'empowerment' and/or 'moral pioneering' when faced with the use of new reproductive technologies in modern societies. |
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Authors:
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Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Culture, health & sexuality Volume: 12 ISSN: 1464-5351 ISO Abbreviation: Cult Health Sex Publication Date: 2010 Feb |
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Created Date: 2010-04-14 Completed Date: 2010-07-14 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100883416 Medline TA: Cult Health Sex Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 139-52 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Anthropology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. m.sleeboom-faulkner@sussex.ac.uk |
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Asia Choice Behavior* Culture Female Genetic Testing Humans Male Reproductive Techniques* Sex Preselection* Social Values* |
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