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Author Roberts, Elizabeth F. S., 1970-

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

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.

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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.
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Human reproductive technology -- Ecuador.
Human reproductive technology.
Ecuador.
Human reproductive technology -- Andes Region.
Andes Region.
Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Medical anthropology -- Ecuador.
Medical anthropology.
Medical anthropology -- Andes Region.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Assisted reproductive technology.
Other Form: Print version: 9780520270824
ISBN 9780520952256 (electronic book)
0520952251 (electronic book)
9780520270824
0520270827
9780520270831
0520270835