Regulating the biological family : policy, genetics, discourse, and diminishing ’other’ bodies.
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2006
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Donaghey, Bronwyn
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This thesis identifies and elaborates on the way in which notions of genetic inheritance connect with notions of ’proper’ families and hence shape policies concerning reproduction and family formation. Assumptions about the structure and shape of the ’proper’ or ’traditional’ family - as a heterosexual two-parent unit with biological children - and its claim to naturalness, are embedded in policies related to reproductive technologies and family formation. The thesis explores the discourses surrounding the following specific policies - surrogacy, IVF, adoption, abortion, child support and posthumous reproduction - to elucidate the frameworks of meaning within which we understand these issues.
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School of History and Politics : Politics
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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of History and Politics, 2006
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