From "Death of the Female" to "Life Itself":a socio-historic examination of FINRRAGE

摘要: Although questions about the production of knowledge are finally beginning to be asked within social movements studies, these tend rely on a very vague definition 'knowledge', obscuring activists' engagement with informal and formal research, as well forms knowledge. This thesis employs an analytic framework in which theorised producing distinctive cognitive praxis, order examine ways emerge, develop, operationalise their pursuit goals. In do this, I will create contextualised case study Feminist International Network Resistance Reproductive Genetic Engineering (FINRRAGE), examining it sought develop project around new reproductive technologies present itself network credible knowers. Beginning reaction 1984 conference panel technology entitled 'Death Female', its strongest phase (1984-1997) FINRRAGE comprised over thousand women thirty-seven countries. identified instance radical opposition, strategy relied upon generation, rather than protest. Employing textual analysis archival documents, published writings lifecourse interviews international selection twenty-four women, explores processes by pursued creating evidence-based position resistance development genetic through empirical publication, continuous negotiation between from different contexts. As such, also provides opportunity (re)consider feminist specific area historical period. It is hoped that result contribution academic literature collective expertise for both theory science history theory.