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Author Roberts, Elizabeth F. S., 1970-

Title God's laboratory : assisted reproduction in the Andes / Elizabeth F.S. Roberts
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012

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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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Human reproductive technology -- Ecuador
Human reproductive technology -- Andes Region
Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Medical anthropology -- Ecuador
Medical anthropology -- Andes Region
Reproductive technology.
Christianity.
Therapeutics.
Religion.
Humanities.
Organ donors.
Human reproductive technology.
Persons
Reproductive Techniques
Christianity
Investigative Techniques
Therapeutics
Religion
Named Groups
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Humanities
Tissue Donors
Catholicism
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Christianity.
religion (discipline)
humanities.
treating (health care function)
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Infertility.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Therapeutics
Reproductive technology
Religion
Organ donors
Humanities
Christianity
Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Human reproductive technology
Medical anthropology
Medicine.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Andes Region
Ecuador
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011048549
ISBN 9780520952256
0520952251
9780520270824
0520270827
9780520270831
0520270835
9786613587190
6613587192