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SUMMARY:Embodied motherhood/genetic fatherhood: British South Asian women'
 s perceptions of using donated gametes in assisted conception - Professor 
 Lorraine Culley\, School of Applied Social Sciences\, De Montfort Universi
 ty
DTSTART:20080212T130000Z
DTEND:20080212T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Rosie Ensor
DESCRIPTION:This paper explores how conceptual frameworks around new repro
 ductive technologies may be influenced by religious and cultural contexts.
  Using data derived from an Economic and Social research Council (ESRC) fu
 nded project on the public perceptions of gamete donation in British South
  Asian communities\, the article discusses women's narratives of third par
 ty assisted conception in infertility treatment\, as constructed in focus 
 group discussions. The analysis suggests a strong contrast in perceptions 
 of egg donation and sperm donation. Embodied motherhood had the effect of 
 naturalising the use of donated eggs for\nwomen. Fatherhood\, however\, wa
 s seen as constituted by genetic relatedness in a patrilineal cultural con
 text. Using donated eggs\, then\, was considered less\nproblematic than us
 ing donated sperm. However\, the embodiment of motherhood\, the attachment
  of women to their biological material and the emotional ties of\neven 'de
 tached' reproduction\, meant that women simultaneously had difficulty in i
 magining themselves becoming egg donors.\n
LOCATION:Room 606\, Centre for Family Research
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