LEADER 00000cam a2200685Mi 4500 001 ocn793166639 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040311.7 006 m o d 007 cr |n|---||||| 008 120503s2012 cau ob 001 0 eng d 020 9780520952256|q(electronic book) 020 0520952251|q(electronic book) 020 9780520270824 020 0520270827 020 9780520270831 020 0520270835 035 (OCoLC)793166639 037 22573/cttt3qg9|bJSTOR 040 MHW|beng|epn|cMHW|dEBLCP|dMERUC|dYDXCP|dN$T|dE7B|dOCLCQ |dJSTOR|dOCLCF|dP@U|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dCOO|dDEBSZ|dOCLCQ 043 s-ec---|asn----- 049 RIDW 050 4 RG133.5 072 7 HEA|x045000|2bisacsh 072 7 SOC002010|2bisacsh 082 04 616.6/920609866|223 090 RG133.5 100 1 Roberts, Elizabeth F. S.,|d1970-|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n2012004699 245 10 God's laboratory :|bassisted reproduction in the Andes / |cElizabeth F.S. Roberts. 264 1 Berkeley :|bUniversity of California Press,|c2012. 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 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. 520 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. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Human reproductive technology|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh88005587|zEcuador.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79068415-781 650 0 Human reproductive technology|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh88005587|zAndes Region.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002893-781 650 0 Fertilization in vitro, Human|xReligious aspects|xCatholic Church.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh2019003306 650 0 Medical anthropology|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85082859|zEcuador.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n79068415-781 650 0 Medical anthropology|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85082859|zAndes Region.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh87002893-781 650 7 Human reproductive technology.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/963260 650 7 Fertilization in vitro, Human|xReligious aspects|xCatholic Church.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/923209 650 7 Medical anthropology.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1013693 650 7 Assisted reproductive technology.|2homoit|0https:// homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0002619 651 7 Ecuador.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1205578 651 7 Andes Region.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1241744 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|z9780520270824 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=456384|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160607|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID