03065nam 2200613 450 991079724760332120200520144314.01-78238-733-110.1515/9781782387336(CKB)3710000000431053(EBL)1816389(SSID)ssj0001520518(PQKBManifestationID)11909360(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001520518(PQKBWorkID)11529887(PQKB)11166797(MiAaPQ)EBC1816389(Au-PeEL)EBL1816389(CaPaEBR)ebr11064678(CaONFJC)MIL798908(OCoLC)910935702(DE-B1597)636330(DE-B1597)9781782387336(EXLCZ)99371000000043105320150623h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThai in vitro gender, culture and assisted reproduction /Andrea WhittakerNew York, New York :Berghahn Books,2015.©20151 online resource (276 p.)Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality ;Volume 30Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-732-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Language and Transliteration; Abbreviations; Introduction: Culture Mediums; Chapter 1 - The Birth of IVF in Thailand; Chapter 2 - Incompleteness; Chapter 3 - Begging for Babies; Chapter 4 - Engaging Technologies; Chapter 5 - The Clinical Ensemble; Chapter 6 - Patriarchal Bargains; Chapter 7 - 'Love Clinic': Online Communities; Chapter 8 - 'Technology That Gives Men Hope'; Chapter 9 - Carrying the Merit; Conclusion; Appendix; Glossary; References; Index In Thailand, infertility remains a source of stigma for those couples that combine a range of religious, traditional and high-tech interventions in their quest for a child. This book explores this experience of infertility and the pursuit and use of assisted reproductive technologies by Thai couples. Though using assisted reproductive technologies is becoming more acceptable in Thai society, access to and choices about such technologies are mediated by differences in class position. These stories of women and men in private and public infertility clinics reveal how local social and moral sensFertility, reproduction, and sexuality ;Volume 30.Fertilization in vitro, HumanSocial aspectsThailandInfertilityTreatmentSocial aspectsThailandFertilization in vitro, HumanSocial aspectsInfertilityTreatmentSocial aspects362.1966/92009593Whittaker Andrea(Andrea M.),1967-887358MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797247603321Thai in vitro3702589UNINA