{"product_id":"9780745611877","title":"The Stork and the Syringe Political History of Reproductive Medicine","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFeminist Perspectives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Stork and the Syringe\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePolitical History of Reproductive Medicine\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNaomi Pfeffer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Discrimination\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eReproductive technology is typically discussed in the future tense. Yet doctors have always treated involuntary childlessness. This book looks at the recent history of infertility and the different ways medicine has treated it. It traces the reluctance to allow infertility a past to a new tension that has emerged between utopian and anti-utopian fears about the growth rate and composition of population.  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stork and the Syringe\u003c\/i\u003e argues that although doctors' approach to infertility is formed in response to the exigencies of the political economy of medical practice, it also accommodates a persistent gender bias: the tendency to regard women's bodies as inviting intervention and men's as demanding caution. This bias is manifest in relation to gametes (eggs and sperm), sex hormones, in the form of medical investigations and treatment, and the frequency and enthusiasm with which the latter are carried out. Departures from this theme are rare and controversial, as the history of artificial insemination using donor semen demonstrates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is a major contribution to the history and sociology of reproduction, fertility, population and medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eNaomi Pfeffer\u003c\/b\u003e writes about history and social policy. She has a long-standing interest in women's experience of infertility and the politics of reproductive medicine, and has written extensively on the subject. She was the co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Experience of Infertility\u003c\/i\u003e, written with Anne Woollett.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 December 1993\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745611877\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e250\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378700152972,"sku":"9780745611877","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745611877.jpg?v=1780145194","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780745611877","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}