In this Book
- The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram: Technology, Consumption, and the Politics of Reproduction
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xi
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- pp. 1-25
- Chapter 7: Afterword
- pp. 169-173
- Bibliography
- pp. 181-196
- About the Author
- pp. 221-222
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813545608
Related ISBN(s)
9780813543635
MARC Record
OCLC
289929653
Pages
222
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No