Biological Relatives

2013·20.3 MB·English

by  Franklin, Sarah, 1960-

SARAH FRANKLIN Biological Relatives
IVF Stem Cells,
and the
Future of Kinship

Biological Relatives
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EXPERIMENTAL FUTURES: Technological Lives, Scientific Arts, Anthropological Voices
A series edited by Michael M. J. Fischer and Joseph Dumit
SARAH FRANKLIN Biological Relatives
IVE Stem Cells,
and the
Future of Kinship
Duke University Press Durhamand London 2013
© 2013 Duke University Press
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Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper
Cover designed by Amy Ruth Buchanan. Interior by Courtney Leigh Baker
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Franklin, Sarah, 1960-
Biological relatives : vr, stem cells, and the future of kinship /S arah Franklin.
pages cm— (Experimental futures)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8223-5485-7 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-8223-5499-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Fertilization in vitro, Haman—Social aspects. 2. Kins—P hhiliosopphy .
3. Feminist anthropology. 1. Title. 11. Series: Experimental futures.
RG135.F74 2013
618.1'780599—dc23 2013018962
To Pat Spallone, who stayed
with the rouble, and has always
found the words.
Digitized by the Internet Archive
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Duke University Libraries
https://archive.org/details/biologicalrelati02fran
CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix
INTRODUCTION
Relatively Biological 1
Miracle Babies 31
Living Tools 68
Embryo Pioneers 102
Reproductive Technologies 150
Living IvF 185
IVF Live 221
Frontier Culture 258
After IVF 297
AFTERWORD 311
Notes 313
References 333
Index 351
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