The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram: Technology, Consumption, and the Politics of Reproduction
Author:   Janelle S. Taylor
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
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9780813543642


Pages:   222
Publication Date:   09 September 2008
Format:   Paperback
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The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram: Technology, Consumption, and the Politics of Reproduction


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In The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram, medical anthropologist Janelle S. Taylor analyzes the full sociocultural context of ultrasound technology and imagery. Drawing upon ethnographic research both within and beyond the medical setting, Taylor shows how ultrasound has entered into public consumer culture in the United States. The book documents and critically analyzes societal uses for ultrasound such as nondiagnostic ""keepsake"" ultrasound businesses that foster a new consumer market for these blurry, monochromatic images of eagerly awaited babies, and anti-abortion clinics that use ultrasound in an attempt to make women bond with the fetuses they carry, inciting a pro-life state of mind. This book offers much-needed critical awareness of the less easily recognized ways in which ultrasound technology is profoundly social and political in the United States today.

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Author:   Janelle S. Taylor
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.369kg
ISBN:  

9780813543642


ISBN 10:   0813543649
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   09 September 2008
Audience:   Adult education ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Further / Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Sonographers and the Making of the Public Fetus 3. Obstetrical Ultrasound between Medical Practice and Public Culture 4. Love Machine: The Theory of Ultrasound Bonding 5. Prenatal Diagnosis, Pregnancy, and Consumption 6. Entertaining Fetuses: Keepsake Ultrasound and Crisis Pregnancy Centers 7. Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

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Janelle S. Taylor is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Washington.

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