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Author Whittaker, Andrea (Andrea M.), 1967- author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Berghahn Books, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ; volume 30
Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 30.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The birth of IVF in Thailand -- Incompleteness -- Begging for babies -- Engaging technologies -- The clinical ensemble -- Patriarchal bargains -- 'Love clinic' : cyber-sociality -- 'Technology that gives men hope' -- Carrying the merit.
Summary 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 sensitivities influence the practices and meanings of treatment.
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Subject Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Social aspects -- Thailand.
Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Social aspects.
Thailand.
Fertilization in vitro, Human.
Infertility -- Treatment -- Social aspects -- Thailand.
Infertility -- Treatment -- Social aspects.
Infertility.
Thailand.
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Whittaker, Andrea (Andrea M.), 1967- Thai in vitro 9781782387329 (DLC) 2014039963 (OCoLC)893099345
ISBN 9781782387336 (electronic book)
1782387331 (electronic book)
9781782387329
1782387323