Conceiving Kinship: Assisted Conception, Procreation and Family in Southern Euro

Description: Conceiving Kinship by Monica M.E. Bonaccorso Conceiving Kinship is an in-depth journey, the first of its kind, into how heterosexual, lesbian and gay couples using programmes of gamete donation conceptualize and make Italian kinship. It explores the provision of treatment in clinical and non-clinical settings at a time when Italy was considered the Wild-West of assisted conception. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Conceiving Kinship is an in-depth journey, the first of its kind, into how heterosexual, lesbian and gay couples using programmes of gamete donation conceptualize and make Italian kinship. It explores the provision of treatment in clinical and non-clinical settings at a time when Italy was considered the Wild-West of assisted conception. This compelling study provides a new perspective on hotly debated issues in kinship studies and the modern medical technologies; it offers fresh insights into longstanding questions of cultural continuities and discontinuities in European kinship. Author Biography Monica M.E. Bonaccorso is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Durham, following a position as Affiliated Lecturer and Wellcome Trust Fellow in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. Table of Contents BoxesForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Locating Conceiving Kinship: New Subjects, New BoundariesIntroductionAn Overview of Anthropological Enquiry into Assisted ConceptionAn Overview of Italian AnthropologyChapter 2. Research in Place: Shifting Fields of EnquiryIntroductionMultiple Investigations, Sites, InformantsMain InvestigationComparative InvestigationCollateral InvestigationChapter 3. Heterosexual Couples: Life Plans, Irreversible Infertility and the Choice of a Programme of Gamete DonationA Case: Anna and Artificial Insemination by DonorIntroductionPlanning Our Life, Planning Our ChildrenDiscovering Irreversible InfertilityChoosing a Programme of Gamete DonationNormalizing Gamete DonationDo It Quickly (and It Lasts Forever)Chapter 4. Heterosexual Couples: Gamete Donation, Donors and Biogenetic Make-upA Case: Matilde and Egg DonationIntroductionInfertile Couples, Biological Inheritance and Biogenetic Make-upCouples Perception of Donors and DonationGood Intentions, Gifts and Donors DisplacementChapter 5. Heterosexual Couples and Clinicians: Strategies in Private Clinics of Assisted ConceptionExtract from Field Notes: at Lunch with CliniciansIntroductionThe Provision of Services in Private Clinics of Assisted ConceptionLife around Clinics and Clinicians: Trust, Faith and DependencyThe Hyper-medicalized Infertile CoupleManaging Recurrent Failure in the ClinicGetting to Understand Programmes of Gamete DonationThe Work of Kinship in the ClinicChapter 6. Lesbian and Gay Couples Making Families by DonationA Case: a Lesbian Couple Planning a Family by DonationIntroductionLesbian and Gay Couples: Planning a Life TogetherPlanning FamiliesRethinking Motherhood and FatherhoodThe Lesbian and Gay Way: The Procreative ProjectThe Lesbian and Gay Way: Practices of InclusionThe Lesbian and Gay Way: Practices of RelatednessChapter 7. The Traffic in Kinship: Southern Europe and Euro-AmericaIntroductionEthnographic Reflections: Some Key NotionsProgrammes of Gamete Donation: Challenging (in Principle) the Model Italian versus Euro-American Kinship: Generalizing the ModelA Concluding Note: Conceiving KinshipAppendix I: Assisted Conception in Italy: A Legislative and Political Controversy, 1996-99Towards a Unified Text: Political Controversies over LegislationThe Death of the Unified Text: The Rise of a New ControversyThe Political Project Behind Assisted Conception, 1996-99Appendix II: Profile of Infertile Heterosexual CouplesAppendix IIa: Profile of Lesbian and Gay CouplesBibliographyIndex Review "…a fine example of how an anthropological approach, based on skilful ethnographic research, can illuminate the way kinship and family are understood in present-day culture…[The book] is an exemplary ethnography, building on previous works in this area and making advances in both methodology and theory." · Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale"Conceiving Kinship provides intriguing and important insights into a period of rapid and unregulated development in assisted conception in Italy in the late 1990s. The book draws us into detailed and sensitive accounts of couples intentions, assumptions and actions during a time of shifting expectations about parenthood and the ways that one might become a parent. Rich interview and conversational material is gathered from heterosexual as well as homosexual couples in relation to a wide range of assisted conception scenarios. This detailed ethnographic fieldwork, combined with a sustained analytical interrogation, makes for a significant contribution to the complex mosaic of practices and values which lie beneath the Euro-American kinship label. It is one which will become an important reference point for future debates about assisted conception in Europe and beyond." · Robert Simpson, Reader, University of Durham Review Quote "...a fine example of how an anthropological approach, based on skilful ethnographic research, can illuminate the way kinship and family are understood in present-day culture...[The book] is an exemplary ethnography, building on previous works in this area and making advances in both methodology and theory." Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale " Conceiving Kinship provides intriguing and important insights into a period of rapid and unregulated development in assisted conception in Italy in the late 1990s. The book draws us into detailed and sensitive accounts of couples intentions, assumptions and actions during a time of shifting expectations about parenthood and the ways that one might become a parent. Rich interview and conversational material is gathered from heterosexual as well as homosexual couples in relation to a wide range of assisted conception scenarios. This detailed ethnographic fieldwork, combined with a sustained analytical interrogation, makes for a significant contribution to the complex mosaic of practices and values which lie beneath the Euro-American kinship label. It is one which will become an important reference point for future debates about assisted conception in Europe and beyond." Robert Simpson , Reader, University of Durham Details ISBN1845451139 Publisher Berghahn Books Year 2008 ISBN-10 1845451139 ISBN-13 9781845451134 Format Paperback Imprint Berghahn Books Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 306.8 Illustrations 10 illustrations, bibliography, index Media Book Short Title CONCEIVING KINSHIP Language English Series Number 9 Pages 176 Series Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives Subtitle Assisted Conception, Procreation and Family in Southern Europe DOI 10.1604/9781845451134 Edited by Ellen, Roy UK Release Date 2008-10-01 Publication Date 2008-10-01 AU Release Date 2008-10-01 NZ Release Date 2008-10-01 Author Monica M.E. Bonaccorso Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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