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Conceiving Kinship is an in-depth journey, the first of its kind, into how heterosexual, lesbian and gay couples using programmes of gamete donation conceptualize and make Italian kinship. It explores the provision of treatment in clinical and non-clinical settings at a time when Italy was considered the 'Wild-West' of assisted conception. This compelling study provides a new perspective on hotly debated issues in kinship studies and the modern medical technologies; it offers fresh insights into longstanding questions of cultural continuities and discontinuities in European kinship.
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How we build families has changed substantially. Here Bonaccorso (social anthropology, U. of Durham) takes an in-depth look at the families of heterosexual, lesbian and gay couples who have used gamete donation to have biological children. As she does, she also examines traditional and new perceptions of Italian kinship, the relationship of children artificially conceived to their families, and the impact of medical technologies on perceptions of parenthood. Bonaccorso takes on some of the hotly contested issues within kinship studies, the social side of reproductive technology, discontinuities in European kinship and its boundaries, the role of research, and the issues at the root of biological choice. She also examines couples' life plans, irreversible infertility, choice within gamete donation, genetic makeup, clinicians' strategies in private clinics, and trafficking in gametes in Europe. She includes an appendix with relevant legislation. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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