We live in an era when all bodies are potentially 'feminised' by being
rendered 'open-access' for biomedical research and clinical practice.
Adopting a theoretically sophisticated and practical approach,
Property in the Body: Feminist Perspectives rejects the notion that
the sale of bodily tissue enhances the freedom of the individual
through an increase in moral agency. Combining feminist theory and
bioethics, it also addresses the omissions which are inherent in
policy analysis and academic debate. For example, whilst women's
tissue is particularly central to new biotechnologies, the requirement
for female labour is largely ignored in subsequent evaluation. In its
fully revised second edition, this book also considers how policies
and developments vary between countries and within specific areas of
biomedicine itself. Most importantly, it analyses the new and emerging
technologies of this field whilst returning to the core questions and
fears which are inextricably linked to the commercialisation of the
body.
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ISBN
9781108207188
Publisert
2017
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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