Sex in an age of technological reproduction : ICSI and Taboos /
"Two of the most startling developments in contemporary science have radically disrupted the historical connection between sex and reproduction: in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) - an assisted reproductive technique that directly injects a single sperm into an e...
| Основен автор: | Djerassi, Carl, 1923-2015. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press,
©2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
Table of contents |
| Подобни документи: |
Online version::
Sex in an age of technological reproduction. |
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"Two of the most startling developments in contemporary science have radically disrupted the historical connection between sex and reproduction: in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) - an assisted reproductive technique that directly injects a single sperm into an egg. The word play ICSI - designed for classroom readings - presents, in the format of a contentious talk-show dialogue, the science of direct-injection fertilization and the ethical issues connected with it. A DVD included in the book provides video of the ICSI injection process as viewed through a microscope, to be used in performances of the ICSI one-act dialogue. Taboos, a full-length play, turns the screws on characters that reflect a polarized America. Two couples - lesbian partners and a conservative husband and wife struggling with infertility - must make choices in a drama that examines the disjunction of sexual reproduction and the physical act of sex."--Jacket. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
xi, 115 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) DVD is available at Circulation Desk under call number. |
| ISBN: |
9780299227906 0299227901 9780299227944 0299227944 |