Whose Body?

Synopsis: Looks at four examples of the way fertility issues are presented on television - ‘Eggs for Sale’, ‘Orphan Embryos’, ‘Virgin Births’, ‘Older Mothers’ - and discusses the assumptions made in each of them about personal identity. The question, ‘Whose body?', is raised by the way the issues are framed, the moral assumptions made (explicity or implicitly) and by the authorities to which appeal is made. These debates illustrate some of the different dimensions of identity including science medicine, religion and morality.
Series: Culture, Media and Identities, Course D318
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.
Year of production: 1997
Availability: Out of distribution; 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: First broadcast on BBC2 on 2/5/97.
Subjects: Media studies; Sociology
Keywords: fertility - human; identity

Producer

Jeremy Cooper

Cast

Kate Moon

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