Making Parents: The Ontological Choreography of Reproductive Technologies Laila Halaby Winner of the Los Angeles

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Making Parents: The Ontological Choreography of Reproductive Technologies Laila Halaby Winner of the Los AngelesAuthor Contributor(s): Thompson, Charis Publisher: The MIT Press Date: 1 26 2007 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Assisted reproductive technology (ART) makes babies and parents at once. Drawing on science and technology studies, feminist theory, and historical and ethnographic analyses of ART clinics, Charis Thompson explores the intertwining of biological reproduction with the personal, political, and technological meanings of reproduction. She