Icons of life: a cultural history of human embryos
Auteur :
Morgan, Lynn
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520260443
Date de publication :
9 sept. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Tells the story of an early 20th-century undertaking, the Carnegie Institution of Washington's project to collect embryos for scientific study. This work explains how dead specimens paradoxically became icons of life, how embryos were generated as social artifacts separate from pregnant women, and how a fetus thwarted Gertrude Stein's career.