Bhatia, Rajani,

Gender before birth : sex selection in a transnational context / Rajani Bhatia. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) - Feminist technosciences .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: lifestyle sex selection -- From selecting sexed sperm and embryos to the anticipation of lifestyle sex selection -- Incorporating a new technology of hope into Fertility Incorporated: the constitution of a maternal subject -- Extending into a global market: lifestyle sex selection as a cross-border practice -- Contesting the known: an arc of activism on sex selection in the United States -- Conclusion: toward a feminist intersectional perspective on sex selection.



9780295742946

2017053762


Sex preselection--Social aspects.
Human reproductive technology--Social aspects.
Sex of children, Parental preferences for.
Feminism.
Science--Social aspects.


Electronic Books.

QP279 / .G463 2018