The Cryopolitics Of Reproduction On Ice Hardcover

Charlotte Krolokke

Reproduction has entered a new ice age: the ability to cryopreserve reproductive cells, tissue and embryos are fundamentally changing our understanding of what it means to be a reproductive citizen. Using cryopolitics as an interdisciplinary framework to help understand the contemporary state of cryo-fertility, this book explores the ways in which visions of desirable reproductive futures entangle with advances in freezing technologies. </div> The authors of The Cryopolitics of Reproduction on Ice situate their discussions and analyses of cryo-fertility within the Scandinavian region. They ask: </div> How does cryopreservation help mobilize particular understandings of reproductive time, reproductive rights and reproductive autonomy? What values are embedded within Scandinavian laws that seek to regulate cryo-technologies? What moral itch do freezing technologies produce? What is the status of frozen tissue that once was living elsewhere but is now residing in the cryotanks? How are frozen states enacted in clinical settings and how do the women and men who freeze imagine the preservation of reproductive parts? </div> These questions demand a collaborative approach. The authors empirically cut across the arenas of bioethics/law, practices/experiences, and culture/commerce in order to pin down often complex and far-reaching answers.</div>

1838670432

9781838670436

English

Emerald Publishing Limited

02-Dec-19

Charlotte Kroløkke is Professor with Special Responsibilities in Cultural Analyses of Reproduction in the Department for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark. Thomas Søbirk Petersen is Professor with Special Responsibilities of Ethics at Roskilde University. Janne Rothmar Herrmann is Professor with Special Responsibilities in Health Law and Technology at the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen. Anna Sofie Bach is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark. Stine Willum Adrianis an Associate Professor in Techno-Anthropology at Aalborg University. Rune Klingenberg is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Communication and Arts at Roskilde University. Michael Nebeling Petersen is Associate Professor at the Department for the Study of Culture, University of Southern Denmark.

Janne Rothmar Herrmann

Anna Sofie Bach

Stine Willum Adrian

Rune Klingenberg Hansen

Michael Nebeling Petersen