Gender before birth : sex selection in a transnational context /
Rajani Bhatia.
- pages cm.
- Feminist technosciences .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: lifestyle sex selection -- From selecting sexed sperm and embryos to the anticipation of lifestyle sex selection -- Incorporating a new technology of hope into Fertility Inc.: the constitution of a maternal subject -- Extending into a global market: lifestyle sex selection as a cross-border practice -- Contesting the known: an arc of activism on sex selection in the United States -- Conclusion: toward a feminist intersectional perspective on sex selection.
Sex preselection--Social aspects. Human reproductive technology--Social aspects. Sex of children, Parental preferences for. Feminism. Science--Social aspects.