God's laboratory

God's laboratory: assisted reproduction in the Andes

by Roberts, Elizabeth F. S.

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Assisted reproduction, with its test tubes, injections, and gamete donors, often raises important concerns regarding matters of life and kinship. Yet these concerns do not take the same form everywhere around the world. In this innovative ethnography of in vitro fertilization in Ecuador, Elizabeth Roberts shows how having children through biotechnological intervention is not only tolerated, it is embraced by the population, despite widespread poverty and official condemnation by the Catholic Ch…

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  • Full title :God's laboratory : assisted reproduction in the Andes / Elizabeth F.S. Roberts.

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Assisted reproduction, with its test tubes, injections, and gamete donors, often raises important concerns regarding matters of life and kinship. Yet these concerns do not take the same form everywhere around the world. In this innovative ethnography of in vitro fertilization in Ecuador, Elizabeth Roberts shows how having children through biotechnological intervention is not only tolerated, it is embraced by the population, despite widespread poverty and official condemnation by the Catholic Church. Roberts takes us into clinics, laboratories, and homes, providing a textured picture of the int.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780520952256, 0520952251, 9780520270824, 0520270827, 9780520270831, 0520270835, 9786613587190, 6613587192
  • oclc:ocn793166639
  • LC Classification:RG133.5
  • Dewey Decimal:616.6/920609866

Table of Contents

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; 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.

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Subjects

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic … Andes Region Catholicism Christianisme Christianity Donneurs d'organes Ecuador Fécondation in vitro -- Aspect religieux Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Religi… Gynecology & Obstetrics Health & Biological Sciences HEALTH & FITNESS -- Infertility Human reproductive technology Human reproductive technology -- Andes … Human reproductive technology -- Ecuador Humanities Investigative Techniques Medical anthropology Medical anthropology -- Andes Region Medical anthropology -- Ecuador

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Roberts, Elizabeth F. S.

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