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PublisherTranscript Verlag

ISBN-103837657310

ISBN-139783837657319

eBay Product ID (ePID)7050419570

Product Key Features

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBecoming Donor-Conceived : the Transformation of Anonymity in Gamete Donation

SubjectEthics, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Disease & Health Issues

Publication Year2021

TypeTextbook

AuthorAmelie Baumann

Subject AreaPhilosophy, Social Science, Medical

SeriesBody Cultures Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight16.5 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23/eng/20220406

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal344.03/28298

Table Of ContentFrontmatter 1 Contents 5 Introduction 9 1. Contextualising donor conception and anonymity 23 2. Research and analysis 57 3. The right to know 79 4. Public stories and new networks 115 5. Micropolitics of not-knowing 147 6. When the cat has been let out of the bag 173 7. Connections you might (not) make 203 8. Infrastructuring DNA 245 9. Conclusion 281 References 297 List of abbreviations 329 List of figures 331 Acknowledgements 333

SynopsisWhile it has been argued that anonymity in gamete donation has been brought to an end by legal changes and technological developments, Amelie Baumann suggests that this is in fact still in transformation. By focusing on the narratives of those who were conceived with anonymously donated gametes in Germany and the UK, she examines this transformative process and the role which donor-conceived persons play in it. This book shows that it is not someone's decision to procreate that turns "being donor-conceived" into a meaningful categorisation. Rather, kinship knowledge gets activated by the donor-conceived in specific ways for "being donor-conceived" to become a powerful identification., While it has been argued that anonymity in gamete donation has been brought to an end by legal changes and technological developments, Amelie Baumann suggests that this is in fact still in transformation. By focusing on the narratives of those who were conceived with anonymously donated gametes in the UK and Germany, she examines this transformative process and the role which donor-conceived persons play in it. This book shows that it is not someone's decision to procreate that turns »being donor-conceived« into a meaningful categorisation. Rather, kinship knowledge gets activated by the donor-conceived in specific ways for »being donor-conceived« to become a powerful identification., While it has been argued that anonymity in gamete donation has been brought to an end, Amelie Baumann suggests that this is in fact still in transformation. By focusing on the narratives of those who were conceived with anonymously donated gametes, she examines this transformative process and the roles that donor-conceived persons play in it.

LC Classification NumberK7185.B38 2022