On having an own child : reproductive technologies and the cultural construction of childhood /
Karín Lesnik-Oberstein.
- xxiv, 199 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index.
Introduction -- The wanting of a baby: nature, history, culture, and society -- The wanting of a baby: desire, despair, hope, and regret -- The child that is wanted: perfection and commodification -- The child that is wanted: kinship and the body of evidence -- The child that is wanted: reading race and the global child -- Conclusion: coming to grief in theory.
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Parenthood--Psychological aspects Child psychology. Human reproductive technology--Social aspects Human reproductive technology--Psychological aspects Parenthood--Social aspects