@article{ART003074377},
author={Yeonwha Kim},
title={Umbilical Cord Blood as Caregiving Labor in Times of Uncertainty},
journal={아시아여성연구},
issn={1225-9241},
year={2024},
volume={63},
number={1},
pages={45-78},
doi={10.14431/jaw.2024.4.63.1.45}
TY - JOUR
AU - Yeonwha Kim
TI - Umbilical Cord Blood as Caregiving Labor in Times of Uncertainty
JO - 아시아여성연구
PY - 2024
VL - 63
IS - 1
PB - Research Institute of Asian Women
SP - 45
EP - 78
SN - 1225-9241
AB - ocusing on mothers’ care practices, this paper attempts to examine the technology around umbilical cord blood rather than analysing it solely as the “political economy of hope” manufactured by modern cryotechnology and its industry. From the moment of a Korean woman’s pregnancy is confirmed, she is enrolled in the routinized prenatal program provided by the national healthcare system, and regularly checks her body and fetus. In this process, mothers encounter a series of choices and seek to increase their knowledge of biomedical technology and other women’s practice in oder to make better choices. Through this practice, mothers embody scientific motherhood and experience anxiety about their choices. Ultimately, they confront the decision whether or not to keep the cord blood. This paper argues that the cord blood is their care labor for their own bodies and their child, as mothers are involved in a cascade of momentous of choices, whether they choose to privately keep it or publicly donate it.
KW - umbilical cord blood;care labor;science and technology;practice;scientific mother
DO - 10.14431/jaw.2024.4.63.1.45
ER -
Yeonwha Kim. (2024). Umbilical Cord Blood as Caregiving Labor in Times of Uncertainty. 아시아여성연구, 63(1), 45-78.
Yeonwha Kim. 2024, "Umbilical Cord Blood as Caregiving Labor in Times of Uncertainty", 아시아여성연구, vol.63, no.1 pp.45-78. Available from: doi:10.14431/jaw.2024.4.63.1.45
Yeonwha Kim "Umbilical Cord Blood as Caregiving Labor in Times of Uncertainty" 아시아여성연구 63.1 pp.45-78 (2024) : 45.
Yeonwha Kim. Umbilical Cord Blood as Caregiving Labor in Times of Uncertainty. 2024; 63(1), 45-78. Available from: doi:10.14431/jaw.2024.4.63.1.45
Yeonwha Kim. "Umbilical Cord Blood as Caregiving Labor in Times of Uncertainty" 아시아여성연구 63, no.1 (2024) : 45-78.doi: 10.14431/jaw.2024.4.63.1.45
Yeonwha Kim. Umbilical Cord Blood as Caregiving Labor in Times of Uncertainty. 아시아여성연구, 63(1), 45-78. doi: 10.14431/jaw.2024.4.63.1.45
Yeonwha Kim. Umbilical Cord Blood as Caregiving Labor in Times of Uncertainty. 아시아여성연구. 2024; 63(1) 45-78. doi: 10.14431/jaw.2024.4.63.1.45
Yeonwha Kim. Umbilical Cord Blood as Caregiving Labor in Times of Uncertainty. 2024; 63(1), 45-78. Available from: doi:10.14431/jaw.2024.4.63.1.45
Yeonwha Kim. "Umbilical Cord Blood as Caregiving Labor in Times of Uncertainty" 아시아여성연구 63, no.1 (2024) : 45-78.doi: 10.14431/jaw.2024.4.63.1.45
