Concepts of Human Nature, Personhood and Natural-Normal in New Reproductive Technology Discourses in New Zealand

Part 3: The Human in the Body

Authors

  • Julie Park University of Auckland

Keywords:

personhood, biosociability, hemophilia, human assisted reproduction, New Zealand, gender

Abstract

I examine how concepts of human nature, person hood and natural-normal are deployed in New Zealand in interviews with people with hemophilia and in public submissions on the subject of Human Assisted Reproductive Technologies (HART). "Genetically-determined" and "relational" personhood concepts are identified in discussions of the implications of HART for the living. Discussions of HART draw on or imply contextualized concepts of "natural-normal," alternately excluding or including science from human culture and nature, and pathologizing infertility and certain family forms. My analysis employs concepts of biosociality, care and genetic citizenship.

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Published

2022-06-30

How to Cite

Park, J. (2022). Concepts of Human Nature, Personhood and Natural-Normal in New Reproductive Technology Discourses in New Zealand: Part 3: The Human in the Body. Anthropologica, 51(1), 173–186. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/2547

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 1 (2009): Rural Property / Human Nature, Human Identity

Section

Human Nature, Human Identity: Anthropological Revisionings

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