Freezing fertility : oocyte cryopreservation and the gender politics of aging

Freezing fertility oocyte cryopreservation and the gender politics of aging

Analyzes how the possibility of egg freezing changes what it means to be fertile and to age in the 21st centuryWelcomed as liberation and dismissed as exploitation, egg freezing (oocyte cryopreservation) has rapidly become one of the most widely-discussed and influential new reproductive technologie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wiel, Lucy van de, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press [2020]
Colección:Biopolitics (New York, N.Y.)
Materias:
Ovum > Cryopreservation.
Cryopreservation of organs, tissues, etc. > Political aspects.
Human reproductive technology.
Human reproduction > Age factors.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009809028406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Making Fertility Precarious: Egg Freezing and the Politicization of Reproductive Aging
  • 2. Freezing in Anticipation: Fertility Planning with Eggs for Later
  • 3. Frozen Eggs and the Financialization of Fertility: Distributing Reproductive Aging in the Reproductive- Industrial Complex
  • 4. Aging Embryos and Viable Rhythms: The Visualization and Commercialization of Time- Lapse Embryo Selection
  • 5. Postfertile Conceptions: Egg Freezing and the Reinvention of Older Motherhood
  • 6. Oocyte Futures: The Global Flow of Frozen Eggs
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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