Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis

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dc.contributor.advisorSwartz, Leslieen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBrokensha, Stevenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-25T17:08:17Z
dc.date.available2015-10-25T17:08:17Z
dc.date.issued1989en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 47-53.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe "new" reproductive technologies (NRTs) have gathered substantial momentum in recent years. 'Psychological' discourse on these techniques has tended towards uncritical preoccupation with intra-individual, constitutional factors, and has ignored the sociocultural, political and economic contexts of these practices. Within an inter-disciplinary, social-constructionist framework, this study presents a feminist critique of the NRTs in which they are argued to be biopsychosocially noxious to women. Modern biomedicine's appropriation and ownership of infertility as "disease" is argued to be consistent with the agendas of capitalism and patriarchy. Results of fieldwork within a particular medical setting are presented to develop a hermeneutic of the discursive interface between medical gatekeepers and the applicant 'patients' with whom they negotiate treatment. In a concluding section a dominant theme in gatekeepers' talk, "the well-being of the child", is ideologically analyzed; women-centered strategies are briefly discussed; and implications for the interface between psychology and reproductive technology are drawn.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBrokensha, S. (1989). <i>Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14320en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBrokensha, Steven. <i>"Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14320en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBrokensha, S. 1989. Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Brokensha, Steven AB - The "new" reproductive technologies (NRTs) have gathered substantial momentum in recent years. 'Psychological' discourse on these techniques has tended towards uncritical preoccupation with intra-individual, constitutional factors, and has ignored the sociocultural, political and economic contexts of these practices. Within an inter-disciplinary, social-constructionist framework, this study presents a feminist critique of the NRTs in which they are argued to be biopsychosocially noxious to women. Modern biomedicine's appropriation and ownership of infertility as "disease" is argued to be consistent with the agendas of capitalism and patriarchy. Results of fieldwork within a particular medical setting are presented to develop a hermeneutic of the discursive interface between medical gatekeepers and the applicant 'patients' with whom they negotiate treatment. In a concluding section a dominant theme in gatekeepers' talk, "the well-being of the child", is ideologically analyzed; women-centered strategies are briefly discussed; and implications for the interface between psychology and reproductive technology are drawn. DA - 1989 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1989 T1 - Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis TI - Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14320 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14320
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBrokensha S. Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1989 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14320en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherHuman reproductive technology - Social aspectsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherHuman reproductive technology - Psychological aspectsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titlePsychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysisen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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