Hatching: Experiments in Motherhood and Technology

Hatching: Experiments in Motherhood and Technology, 1, 2022 is a comprehensive biology reference published by Other Publisher. Description By Jenni Quilter A provocative examination of reproductive technologies that questions our understanding of fertility, motherhood, and the female bodySince the world’s first test-tube baby was born in 1978, in vitro fertilization has made the unimaginable possible for millions of people, but its revolutionary potential remains unrealized.

Key Features

- A provocative examination of reproductive technologies that questions our understanding of fertility, motherhood, and the female bodySince the world’s first test-tube baby was…
- Today, fertility centers continue to reinforce conservative norms of motherhood and family, and infertility remains a deeply emotional experience many women are reluctant to…
- In this vivid and incisive personal and cultural history, Jenni Quilter explores what it is like to be one of those women, both the site of a bold experiment and a potential…
- Quilter observes her own experience with the eye of a critic, recounting the pleasures and pains of objectification: how medicine mediates between women and their bodies, how…
- With nuance, empathy, and a fierce intellect, Quilter asks urgent questions about what it means to desire a child and how much freedom reproductive technologies actually offer
- Her writing embraces the complexities of motherhood and the humanity of IVF: the waiting rooms, the message boards, and the genetic permutations of what a thoroughly modern family…
- Publisher ‏ : ‎ Riverhead Books (December 6, 2022)

Product Details

Publisher: Other Publisher
Edition: 1
Published Year: 2022
Format: EPUB
File Size: 0.68 MB
ISBN: 978-0735213203, 9780735213227, 9780593612057, 9780593612064