عنوان

God's laboratory :

(Number (ISBN

0520270827

(Number (ISBN

0520270835

(Number (ISBN

9780520270824

(Number (ISBN

9780520270831

Number

b412984

Title Proper

God's laboratory :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

assisted reproduction in the Andes /

First Statement of Responsibility

Elizabeth F.S. Roberts

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxv, 273 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-254) and index

Text of Note

"Assisted reproduction, with its test tubes, injections, and gamete donors, often raises concerns about nature, life, and kinship. Yet these concerns do not take the same form everywhere. In this innovative ethnography of in vitro fertilization in a small South American country, Elizabeth Roberts shows that in Ecuador, having children through biotechnological intervention is not only accepted but even embraced. Roberts takes us into clinics, laboratories, and homes, providing a textured picture of the integration of these biotechnologies into Andean life, despite widespread poverty and official condemnation from the Catholic Church. Intimate portraits of patients, donors, and practitioners reveal profoundly different understandings of nature and bodies from those in the United States. The Andean understanding of the body as malleable resonates with cutting-edge theories of the material world put forth by contemporary scholars of science and technology. The Ecuadorian embrace of reproductive technology however is less a reflection of a desire to be "modern", than it is a product of colonial racial history, Catholic theologies, and kinship systems. This clearly written account offers a grounded introduction to debates in science studies and medical anthropology, as well as nuanced ethnography of the mingling of science, religion, and history in Andean family life"--

Fertilization in vitro, Human-- Religious aspects-- Catholic Church

Human reproductive technology-- Andes Region

Human reproductive technology-- Ecuador

Medical anthropology-- Andes Region

Medical anthropology-- Ecuador

Anthropology, Medical-- Ecuador

Catholicism-- Ecuador

Reproductive Techniques, Assisted-- ethics-- Ecuador

Tissue Donors-- ethics-- Ecuador

Tissue Donors-- psychology-- Ecuador

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Roberts, Elizabeth F. S.,1970-

Date of Transaction

20130131161641.0

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rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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