Thai in vitro : gender, culture and assisted reproduction / / Andrea Whittaker

• Autore: Whittaker Andrea (Andrea M.), <1967->
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1966/92009593
• Soggetto topico: Fertilization in vitro, Human - Social aspects - Thailand; Infertility - Treatment - Social aspects - Thailand
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 sens
• Titolo autorizzato: Thai in vitro
• ISBN: 1-78238-733-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797247603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; ; Volume 30.