| The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram: Technology, Consumption, and the Politics of Reproduction Contributor(s): Taylor, Janelle S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813543649 ISBN-13: 9780813543642 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $37.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Perinatology & Neonatology |
| Dewey: 618.320 |
| LCCN: 2007051732 |
| Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.8" (0.80 lbs) 205 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Eileen Basker Memorial Prize 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. |