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Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis
Bibliography: leaves 47-53.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/14320 Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis Brokensha, Steven Swartz, Leslie Human reproductive technology - Social aspects Human reproductive technology - Psychological aspects Clinical Psychology Bibliography: leaves 47-53. The "new" reproductive technologies (NRTs) have gathered substantial momentum in recent years. 'Psychological' discourse on these techniques has tended towards uncritical preoccupation with intra-individual, constitutional factors, and has ignored the sociocultural, political and economic contexts of these practices. Within an inter-disciplinary, social-constructionist framework, this study presents a feminist critique of the NRTs in which they are argued to be biopsychosocially noxious to women. Modern biomedicine's appropriation and ownership of infertility as "disease" is argued to be consistent with the agendas of capitalism and patriarchy. Results of fieldwork within a particular medical setting are presented to develop a hermeneutic of the discursive interface between medical gatekeepers and the applicant 'patients' with whom they negotiate treatment. In a concluding section a dominant theme in gatekeepers' talk, "the well-being of the child", is ideologically analyzed; women-centered strategies are briefly discussed; and implications for the interface between psychology and reproductive technology are drawn. 2015-10-25T17:08:17Z 2015-10-25T17:08:17Z 1989 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14320 eng application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Human reproductive technology - Social aspects Human reproductive technology - Psychological aspects Clinical Psychology Brokensha, Steven Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis |
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| title | Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis |
| title_full | Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis |
| title_fullStr | Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis |
| title_short | Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis |
| title_sort | psychosocial discourse and the new reproductive technologies a critical analysis |
| topic | Human reproductive technology - Social aspects Human reproductive technology - Psychological aspects Clinical Psychology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14320 |
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