Bücher von Monica Konrad

In this first ethnographic study of the new procreative practices of anonymous ova and embryo donation, Konrad (social anthropology, Girton College and U. of Cambridge) gives voice to both the donors and the IVF recipients and shows how the new reproductive technology creates an unfamiliar relatedness between these strangers. Konrad brings together

Presents an ethnographic study of the procreative practices of anonymous ova and embryo donation. This book shows how one dimension of the reproductive technologies involves an unfamiliar relatedness between nameless and untraceable procreative strangers. It also aims to challenge some of the assumptions underlying biomedical discourse.