The public life of the fetal sonogram : technology, consumption, and the politics of reproduction / Janelle S. Taylor.

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2008], ©2008.

xi, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Sonographers and the making of the public fetus -- Obstetrical ultrasound between medical practice and public culture -- Love machine : the theory of ultrasound bonding -- Prenatal diagnosis, pregnancy, and consumption -- Entertaining fetuses : keepsake ultrasound and crisis pregnancy centers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.