Relative strangers : family life, genes and donor conception / Petra Nordqvist and Carol Smart..
2014
RG133.5 .N67 2014 (Mapit)
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Title
Relative strangers : family life, genes and donor conception / Petra Nordqvist and Carol Smart..
Author
Nordqvist, Petra, author.
ISBN
9781137297662 paperback
1137297662 paperback
9781137297631 hardcover
1137297638 hardcover
1137297662 paperback
9781137297631 hardcover
1137297638 hardcover
Published
Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
xi, 192 pages ; 22 cm.
Call Number
RG133.5 .N67 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.5 23
Summary
What does it mean to have a child born through donor conception? Does it mean different things for heterosexual parents and lesbian parents? What is it like for the 'non-genetic' parent? How do grandparents feel about having a grandchild who is conceived with the help of an egg, sperm or embryo donor? Since 1991 more than 35,000 children have been born in the UK as a result of donor conception. This means that more and more families are facing the issue of incorporating 'relative strangers' into their families. In this path breaking book, the authors explore the lived reality of donor conception in families by using in-depth interviews with parents and grandparents of donor conceived children. With reproductive medical technologies becoming more accessible, assisted donor conception is raising new and important questions about family life. This book will provide compelling reading for all those interested in the family, kinship, gender and sexuality, new reproductive technologies, and genetics (Publisher's website).
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index.
Added Author
Smart, Carol, author.
Series
Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life.
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Table of Contents
Proper families? : cultural expectations and donor conception
Uncharted territories: donor conception in personal life
Ripples through the family
Keeping it close : sensitivities and secrecy
Opening up : disclosure, information and family relationships
Relating to donors : strangers, boundaries and tantalising knowledge
(Not) one of us : genes and belonging in everyday life
Relative strangers and the paradoxes of genetic kinship.
Uncharted territories: donor conception in personal life
Ripples through the family
Keeping it close : sensitivities and secrecy
Opening up : disclosure, information and family relationships
Relating to donors : strangers, boundaries and tantalising knowledge
(Not) one of us : genes and belonging in everyday life
Relative strangers and the paradoxes of genetic kinship.