Donor Conception and (Dis)closure in the UK: Siblingship, Friendship and Kinship
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Donor Conception and (Dis)closure in the UK: Siblingship, Friendship and Kinship
Sociologus, Vol. 65(2015), Iss. 1 : pp. 101–122 | First published online: October 03, 2017
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Prof. Jeanette Edwards, Dept. of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester
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Abstract
As many aspects of assisted conception become familiar, others emerge not only as unfamiliar, but also unpredicted. This article focuses on a newly emergent kin figure – the donor sibling. It suggests that the anthropology of friendship might have as much to tell us about the significance of the donor sibling in Euro-American kinship thinking as the anthropology of kinship. The article locates the donor-sibling in changes in UK legislation and policy that have increasingly promoted more transparency and ‘openness’ in donor conception.
