European Kinship in the Age of Biotechnology
This chapter discusses kinship, adoption and adoption and Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Lithuania, as well as an Examination of Norwegian Legislation, which highlighted the importance of adoption in the context of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) lives.
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Acknowledgements Introduction: The Matter in Kinship Jeanette Edwards Chapter 1. Knowing and Relating: Kinship, Assisted Reproductive Technologies and the New Genetics Joan Bestard Chapter 2. Imagining Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Family, Kinship and 'Local Thinking' in Lithuania Auksuole Cepaitiene Chapter 3. Eating Genes and Raising People: Kinship Thinking and Genetically Modified Food in the North of England Cathrine Degnen Chapter 4. The Family Body: Persons, Bodies and Resemblance Diana Marre and Joan Bestard Chapter 5. The Contribution of Homoparental Families to the Current Debate on Kinship Anne Cadoret Chapter 6. Corpo-real Identities: Perspectives from a Gypsy Community Nathalie Manrique Chapter 7. Incest, Embodiment, Genes and Kinship Enric Porqueres i Gene and Jerome Wilgaux(France) Chapter 8. 'Loving Mothers' at Work: Raising Others' Children and Building Families with the Intention to Love and Take Care Eniko Demeny Chapter 9. Adoption and Assisted Conception: One Universe of Unnatural Procreation. An Examination of Norwegian Legislation Marit Melhuus and Signe Howell Chapter 10. Fields of Post-human Kinship Ben Campbell Chapter 11. Are Genes Good to Think With? Carles Salazar Notes on Contributors Bibliography Author Index Subject Index