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Camisha Russell, "The Assisted Reproduction of Race" (Indiana UP, 2018)
Camisha Russell, "The Assisted Reproduction of Race" (Indiana UP, 2018)
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79 minutes
Released:
Jun 20, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization and surrogacy have been critically examined within philosophy, particularly by feminists and bioethicists, but the role of race—both in how the technologies are used and in the effects that they are having—has received less attention. In The Assisted Reproduction of Race (Indiana University Press, 2018), Camisha Russell undertakes this critical analysis. While there is a robust scientific consensus that there is no meaningful genetic basis for race, Russell’s analysis of the role of race in ARTs reveals that when it comes to producing kinship, race is still doing a great deal of work. Further, by arguing that race itself is a technology, Russell shows how race is both produced and productive, historically, as well as in everyday practices, techniques, and choices. While this analysis focuses on what race does in the contemporary realm of ARTS, it illuminates the role of race, in the past and now, in constructing social reality.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Jun 20, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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