God's Laboratory Assisted Reproduction in the Andes

Name: God's Laboratory Assisted Reproduction in the Andes
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ISBN: 9780520270831

ISBN-10: 0520270835

ISBN-13: 9780520270831

Edition: 2012

Authors: Elizabeth F. S. Roberts

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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 integration of these biotechnologies into Andean life. Intimate portraits of patients, donors, and…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 5/25/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 298
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.902

Elizabeth Robertsis Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of Michigan.