Sex in an Age of Technological Reproduction: ICSI and Taboos | 
 enlarge | Author: Carl Djerassi
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Category: Book
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ISBN: 0299227944
Dewey Decimal Number: 812.54
EAN: 9780299227944
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Publication Date: July 18, 2008
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DIV DIV DIVCarl Djerassi is one of ldquo;the fathers of the Pillrdquo;?he was awarded the National Medal of Science for the first synthesis of a steroid oral contraceptive?and has had a prolific additional career as a writer of fiction, plays, and dialogues about science. In these two plays, iICSI /iand iTaboos/i, he dramatizes the social transformations and contested viewpoints created by advances in reproductive science and technology./div DIV Two of the most startling developments in contemporary science have radically disrupted the historical connection between sex and reproduction: in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)?an assisted reproductive technique that directly injects a single sperm into an egg. The word play iICSI/i?designed for classroom readings?presents, in the format of a contentious talk-show dialogue, the science of direct-injection fertilization and the ethical issues connected with it. A DVD included in the book provides video of the ICSI injection process as viewed through a microscope, to be used in performances of the iICSI/i one-act dialogue. iTaboos, /ia full-length play,turns the screws on characters that reflect a polarized America. Two couples?lesbian partners and a conservative husband and wife struggling with infertility?must make choices in a drama that examines the disjunction of sexual reproduction and the physical act of sex./div /div /div
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