The Politics of Postgenomic Reproduction: Exploring Pregnant Narratives from within a Clinical Trial

IF 3.1 2区 社会学 Q1 SOCIAL ISSUES Science Technology & Human Values Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI:10.1177/01622439211066759
Natali Valdez
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There are more large-scale pregnancy trials that implement lifestyle interventions than ever before; yet, there is a dearth of information on pregnant peoples’ experiences in such trials. Contemporary lifestyle pregnancy trials draw on epigenetics and DOHaD research to design and justify prenatal interventions on the material environment to reduce health risks in future generations. This article draws on ethnographic data from a prenatal trial in the United Kingdom and focuses specifically on the experiences of pregnant participants during the intervention phase. In this article, I develop the politics of postgenomic reproduction as a feminist and critical race framework to examine the complex and mercurial stakes of contemporary pregnancy trials. I argue that narratives of control and responsibility in epigenetic models are echoed and preceded by participants’ own embodied experience. The pregnant narratives show at once how their bodies are exposed to unpredictable and uncontrollable environmental exposures and that they are required to respond as if they have absolute control and responsibility. Attending to trial participants’ narratives from a feminist and critical race framework reveals how individualized lifestyle interventions are deeply political and racial, and carry implications for how pregnancy trials influence postgenomic reproduction.
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后基因组生殖的政治:从临床试验中探索怀孕的叙述
实施生活方式干预的大规模妊娠试验比以往任何时候都多;然而,关于孕妇在此类试验中的经历的信息缺乏。当代生活方式怀孕试验利用表观遗传学和DOHaD研究来设计和证明对物质环境的产前干预措施,以减少后代的健康风险。本文借鉴了英国一项产前试验的人种学数据,特别关注了干预阶段怀孕参与者的经历。在这篇文章中,我将后基因组生殖政治发展为一个女权主义和批判性的种族框架,以审视当代怀孕试验的复杂和反复无常的利害关系。我认为,在表观遗传模型中,控制和责任的叙述是由参与者自己的具体化经验所呼应和先于的。怀孕的叙述立刻展示了她们的身体是如何暴露在不可预测和无法控制的环境中,她们被要求做出反应,好像她们有绝对的控制权和责任。从女权主义和批判种族的框架来看试验参与者的叙述,揭示了个性化的生活方式干预是如何深刻地具有政治和种族色彩的,并对怀孕试验如何影响后基因组生殖产生了影响。
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期刊介绍: As scientific advances improve our lives, they also complicate how we live and react to the new technologies. More and more, human values come into conflict with scientific advancement as we deal with important issues such as nuclear power, environmental degradation and information technology. Science, Technology, & Human Values is a peer-reviewed, international, interdisciplinary journal containing research, analyses and commentary on the development and dynamics of science and technology, including their relationship to politics, society and culture.
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