The Resource Scattered seeds : in search of family and identity in the sperm donor generation, Jacqueline Mroz
Scattered seeds : in search of family and identity in the sperm donor generation, Jacqueline Mroz
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The item Scattered seeds : in search of family and identity in the sperm donor generation, Jacqueline Mroz represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- "As typical as donor-conceived children have become, with at least a million such children in the US alone, their experiences are still unusual in many ways. In Scattered Seeds, journalist and writer Jacqueline Mroz looks at the growth of sperm donation and assisted reproduction and how it affects the children who are born, the women who buy and use the sperm to have kids, and the sperm donors who donate their genetic material to help others procreate. With empathy and in-depth analysis, Scattered Seeds explores the sociology, psychology, and anthropology surrounding those connected with fertility procedures today and looks back at the history that brought us to this point. The personal stories in this book will put a human face on the issues and help to illuminate this country's controversial and troubling unregulated fertility industry-an industry that has been compared to the Wild, Wild West, where anything goes. What is the human cost of our country's unregulated fertility industry? How are the lives of sperm-donor families changed? Scattered Seeds will answer those questions, considering carefully the social and psychological dynamics surrounding those connected with fertility procedures today."--provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 253 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Part one. Finding a father: a young boy's quest to discover his donor
- Sperm donor 007: one man's mission to find his children
- The group of 150 kids: one mother's search for her children's half siblings
- Part two. In the beginning: the history of the fertility industry
- The birth of the sperm bank: how selling sperm became big business
- Men who donate sperm: the story behind sperm donation
- Part three. Donor children and identity: the search for self in an anonymous world
- Suddenly sisters: accidental meetings and the health risks of anonymous donors
- The new normal: changing families
- Families of the new millennium: how donor families are rewriting the dynamics of kinship
- Afterword: what does the future hold?
- Isbn
- 9781580056168
- Label
- Scattered seeds : in search of family and identity in the sperm donor generation
- Title
- Scattered seeds
- Title remainder
- in search of family and identity in the sperm donor generation
- Statement of responsibility
- Jacqueline Mroz
- Title variation
- In search of family and identity in the sperm donor generation
- Subject
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- trueFamilies -- Psychological aspects
- trueFatherhood
- Artificial insemination, Human -- Social aspects
- Fatherhood
- Artificial insemination, Human -- Social aspects
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Alternative Family
- Families
- trueFather and child
- trueReproductive technology
- Father and child
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
- trueFamilies
- Reproductive technology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family
- Families -- Psychological aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "As typical as donor-conceived children have become, with at least a million such children in the US alone, their experiences are still unusual in many ways. In Scattered Seeds, journalist and writer Jacqueline Mroz looks at the growth of sperm donation and assisted reproduction and how it affects the children who are born, the women who buy and use the sperm to have kids, and the sperm donors who donate their genetic material to help others procreate. With empathy and in-depth analysis, Scattered Seeds explores the sociology, psychology, and anthropology surrounding those connected with fertility procedures today and looks back at the history that brought us to this point. The personal stories in this book will put a human face on the issues and help to illuminate this country's controversial and troubling unregulated fertility industry-an industry that has been compared to the Wild, Wild West, where anything goes. What is the human cost of our country's unregulated fertility industry? How are the lives of sperm-donor families changed? Scattered Seeds will answer those questions, considering carefully the social and psychological dynamics surrounding those connected with fertility procedures today."--provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mroz, Jacqueline
- Dewey number
- 306.85
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Artificial insemination, Human
- Reproductive technology
- Families
- Families
- Fatherhood
- Father and child
- Artificial insemination, Human
- Families
- Families
- Father and child
- Fatherhood
- Reproductive technology
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Alternative Family
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family
- Label
- Scattered seeds : in search of family and identity in the sperm donor generation, Jacqueline Mroz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part one. Finding a father: a young boy's quest to discover his donor -- Sperm donor 007: one man's mission to find his children -- The group of 150 kids: one mother's search for her children's half siblings -- Part two. In the beginning: the history of the fertility industry -- The birth of the sperm bank: how selling sperm became big business -- Men who donate sperm: the story behind sperm donation -- Part three. Donor children and identity: the search for self in an anonymous world -- Suddenly sisters: accidental meetings and the health risks of anonymous donors -- The new normal: changing families -- Families of the new millennium: how donor families are rewriting the dynamics of kinship -- Afterword: what does the future hold?
- Control code
- ocn935988214
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9781580056168
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)935988214
- Label
- Scattered seeds : in search of family and identity in the sperm donor generation, Jacqueline Mroz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part one. Finding a father: a young boy's quest to discover his donor -- Sperm donor 007: one man's mission to find his children -- The group of 150 kids: one mother's search for her children's half siblings -- Part two. In the beginning: the history of the fertility industry -- The birth of the sperm bank: how selling sperm became big business -- Men who donate sperm: the story behind sperm donation -- Part three. Donor children and identity: the search for self in an anonymous world -- Suddenly sisters: accidental meetings and the health risks of anonymous donors -- The new normal: changing families -- Families of the new millennium: how donor families are rewriting the dynamics of kinship -- Afterword: what does the future hold?
- Control code
- ocn935988214
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9781580056168
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)935988214
Subject
- Artificial insemination, Human -- Social aspects
- Artificial insemination, Human -- Social aspects
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Alternative Family
- Families
- trueFamilies
- trueFamilies -- Psychological aspects
- Families -- Psychological aspects
- Father and child
- trueFather and child
- trueFatherhood
- Fatherhood
- trueReproductive technology
- Reproductive technology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family
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