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God's Laboratory : Assisted Reproduction in the Andes / / Elizabeth F. S. Roberts



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Autore: Roberts Elizabeth F. S. Visualizza persona
Titolo: God's Laboratory : Assisted Reproduction in the Andes / / Elizabeth F. S. Roberts Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012]
©2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
Disciplina: 616.6 920609866
Soggetto topico: Fertilization in vitro, Human - Religious aspects - Catholic Church
Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Human reproductive technology - Andes Region
Human reproductive technology -- Andes Region
Human reproductive technology - Ecuador
Human reproductive technology -- Ecuador
Medical anthropology - Andes Region
Medical anthropology -- Andes Region
Medical anthropology - Ecuador
Medical anthropology -- Ecuador
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Human reproductive technology - Catholic Church - Religious aspects - Ecuador
Fertilization in vitro, Human - Ecuador
Medical anthropology
Persons
Reproductive Techniques
Christianity
Investigative Techniques
Therapeutics
Religion
Named Groups
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Humanities
Tissue Donors
Catholicism
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Medicine
Health & Biological Sciences
Gynecology & Obstetrics
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Cast of Characters -- Preface -- Introduction: Reproductive Assistance -- Corporeal Punishment: Sandra -- 1. Private Medicine and the Law of Life -- Crazy for Bingo: Consuelo -- 2. Assisted Whiteness -- Yo Soy Teresa la Fea/Ugly Teresa -- 3. White Beauty: Gamete Donation in a Mestizo Nation -- When Blood Calls: Frida and Anabela -- 4. Egg Economies and the Traffic between Women -- Abandonment: Vanessa -- 5. On Ice: Embryo Destinies -- Conclusion: Care-Worthy -- Notes -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Assisted reproduction, with its test tubes, injections, and gamete donors, raises concerns about the nature of life and kinship. Yet these concerns do not take the same shape around the world. In this innovative ethnography of in vitro fertilization in Ecuador, Elizabeth F.S. Roberts explores how reproduction by way of biotechnological assistance is not only accepted but embraced despite widespread poverty and condemnation from the Catholic Church. Roberts' intimate portrait of IVF practitioners and their patients reveals how technological intervention is folded into an Andean understanding of reproduction as always assisted, whether through kin or God. She argues that the Ecuadorian incarnation of reproductive technology is less about a national desire for modernity than it is a product of colonial racial history, Catholic practice, and kinship configurations. God's Laboratory offers a grounded introduction to critical debates in medical anthropology and science studies, as well as a nuanced ethnography of the interplay between science, religion, race and history in the formation of Andean families.
Titolo autorizzato: God's Laboratory  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-49196-5
9786613587190
0-520-95225-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910461242203321
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