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    Cyborg conception: cultural and critical responses to solo motherhood by choice

    Halden, Grace (2024) Cyborg conception: cultural and critical responses to solo motherhood by choice. Palgrave. ISBN 9783031593857.

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    Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59386-4

    Abstract

    Reproduction is one of the most fundamental biological functions of living organisms; for humans, sexual reproduction is not only a pathway to genetic offspring, but – for many – a rite of passage. The importance of reproductive health is underscored in society and highlighted in sexual education curricula; yet family planning discourse is commonly limited to heteronormative nuclear family constructs. Donor gamete conception (donation of sperm and eggs) has enabled the development of diverse family models for years. Today, many women are choosing to conceive solo through donor conception, a decision which is lauded as feminist empowerment but also demonised as unethical. Cyborg Conception offers a cultural analysis of some key debates on solo motherhood by choice and considers the ways in which family planning has changed in the contemporary. Written by an author who is both a solo mother through sperm donation and a scholar in the cultural history of assisted reproduction, this book offers an overview of how solo reproduction – or what could be called cyborg conception – is debated in the contemporary world.

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    Item Type: Book
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): solo mother by choice, donor conception, gamete donation, fertility, assisted reproduction, feminism, bioethics, medical humanities, literature, cultural studies, donor offspring, memoir, infertility.
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
    Research Centres and Institutes: Medical Humanities, Centre for
    Depositing User: Grace Halden
    Date Deposited: 28 Jun 2024 15:14
    Last Modified: 29 Jun 2024 09:28
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/53469

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