Becoming Donor-Conceived
The Transformation of Anonymity in Gamete Donation
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Beschreibung
This ethnography asks how those conceived with donated sperm and eggs fight for their right to know, search for their origins, and fundamentally transform anonymity in gamete donation.
While it has been argued that anonymity in gamete donation has been brought to an end by legal changes and technological developments, Amelie Baumann suggests that this is in fact still in transformation. By focusing on the narratives of those who were conceived with anonymously donated gametes in the UK and Germany, she examines this transformative process and the role which donor-conceived persons play in it. This book shows that it is not someone's decision to procreate that turns »being donor-conceived« into a meaningful categorisation. Rather, kinship knowledge gets activated by the donor-conceived in specific ways for »being donor-conceived« to become a powerful identification.
Autor*in
Amelie Baumann
Themen in »Becoming Donor-Conceived«
Gamete Donation Gamete Donation Sperm Donation Sperm Donation Donor Conception Donor Conception Anonymity Kinship Anonymity Kinship Family Family Law Law Medicine Medicine Cultural Anthropology