Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm

Unimaginable until the twentieth century, the clinical practice of transferring eggs and sperm from body to body...
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SKU: 9780520270961
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Author: Rene Almeling
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm by Almeling, Rene

Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm

¥12,300

Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm

¥12,300
Author: Rene Almeling
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Unimaginable until the twentieth century, the clinical practice of transferring eggs and sperm from body to body is now the basis of a bustling market. In Sex Cells, Rene Almeling provides an inside look at how egg agencies and sperm banks do business. Although both men and women are usually drawn to donation for financial reasons, Almeling finds that clinics encourage sperm donors to think of the payments as remuneration for an easy "job." Women receive more money but are urged to regard egg donation in feminine terms, as the ultimate "gift" from one woman to another. Sex Cells shows how the gendered framing of paid donation, as either a job or a gift, not only influences the structure of the market, but also profoundly affects the individuals whose genetic material is being purchased.

Author: Rene Almeling
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 09/20/2011
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780520270961


Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2012

About the Author
Rene Almeling is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Yale University.

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