Becoming Donor–Conceived – The Transformation of Anonymity in Gamete Donation

Author:   Amelie Baumann
Publisher:   Transcript Verlag
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9783837657319


Pages:   360
Publication Date:   16 March 2022
Format:   Paperback
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Becoming Donor–Conceived – The Transformation of Anonymity in Gamete Donation


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While it has been argued that anonymity in gamete donation has been brought to an end by legal changes and technological developments, Amelie Baumann suggests that this is in fact still in transformation. By focusing on the narratives of those who were conceived with anonymously donated gametes in the UK and Germany, she examines this transformative process and the role which donor-conceived persons play in it. This book shows that it is not someone's decision to procreate that turns ?being donor-conceived? into a meaningful categorisation. Rather, kinship knowledge gets activated by the donor-conceived in specific ways for ?being donor-conceived? to become a powerful identification.

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Author:   Amelie Baumann
Publisher:   Transcript Verlag
Imprint:   Transcript Verlag
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9783837657319


ISBN 10:   3837657310
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   16 March 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Contextualising donor conception and anonymity; Research and analysis; The right to know; Public stories and new networks; Micropolitics of not-knowing; When the cat has been let out of the bag; Connections you might (not) make; Infrastructuring DNA; Conclusion; References; List of abbreviations; List of figures; Acknowledgements.

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Amelie Baumann works as a research associate at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin, where she is a member of the CRC Affective Societies. She completed her doctorate in cultural anthropology at the University of Bremen in 2020 and was part of the interdisciplinary research project Reconfiguring Anonymity, funded by the Volkswagen-Foundation. Her research focuses on medical anthropology and kinship studies.

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