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Cyborg babies : from techno-sex to techno-tots

Title: Cyborg babies : from techno-sex to techno-tots / edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd and Joseph Dumit.
Format: Book
Description: 358 pages ; 23 cm
Other contributors: Davis-Floyd, Robbie. Dumit, Joseph.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents note
Summary: "From fetuses scanned ultrasonically to computer hackers in daycare, contemporary children are increasingly rendered cyborg by their immersion in technoculture. In "Cyborg Babies," Robbie Davis-Floyd and Joseph Dummit have brought together cultural anthropologists and social critics to analyze the production fo children in symbiosis with pervasive technology across a range of perspectives, from resistance to ethnographic analysis to science fiction. Interweaving cutting-edge ethnography, cultural critique, and personal narrative, these essays explore cyborg conceptions, pernatal diagnosis, hospital technobirth, and the effects of computer simulation games, techno-toys, and cyborg stories on children's emergent consciousness." -- from back cover.
Subject headings: Human reproductive technology--Social aspects. Human reproductive technology--Moral and ethical aspects. Cyborgs.
ISBN: 9780415916042