The Resource God's laboratory : assisted reproduction in the Andes, Elizabeth F.S. Roberts
God's laboratory : assisted reproduction in the Andes, Elizabeth F.S. Roberts
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The item God's laboratory : assisted reproduction in the Andes, Elizabeth F.S. Roberts represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780520952256
- Label
- God's laboratory : assisted reproduction in the Andes
- Title
- God's laboratory
- Title remainder
- assisted reproduction in the Andes
- Statement of responsibility
- Elizabeth F.S. Roberts
- Subject
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- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
- Andes Region
- Catholicism
- Christianity
- Ecuador
- Electronic books
- Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Religious aspects | Catholic Church
- Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Religious aspects | Catholic Church
- Gynecology & Obstetrics
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Infertility
- Health & Biological Sciences
- Human reproductive technology
- Human reproductive technology -- Andes Region
- Human reproductive technology -- Ecuador
- Investigative Techniques
- Medical anthropology
- Medical anthropology -- Andes Region
- Medical anthropology -- Ecuador
- Medicine
- Named Groups
- Persons
- Religion
- Reproductive Techniques
- Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- Therapeutics
- Tissue Donors
- Humanities
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- MHW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1970-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Roberts, Elizabeth F. S.
- Dewey number
- 616.6/920609866
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RG133.5
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 2012 E-664
- WQ 208
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Human reproductive technology
- Human reproductive technology
- Fertilization in vitro, Human
- Medical anthropology
- Medical anthropology
- Persons
- Reproductive Techniques
- Christianity
- Investigative Techniques
- Therapeutics
- Religion
- Named Groups
- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
- Humanities
- Tissue Donors
- Catholicism
- Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Fertilization in vitro, Human
- Human reproductive technology
- Medical anthropology
- Andes Region
- Ecuador
- Medicine
- Health & Biological Sciences
- Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Label
- God's laboratory : assisted reproduction in the Andes, Elizabeth F.S. Roberts
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- 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
- Control code
- 793166639
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520952256
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
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- ebc903398
- 7185019
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttt3qg9
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)793166639
- Label
- God's laboratory : assisted reproduction in the Andes, Elizabeth F.S. Roberts
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 793166639
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520952256
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
-
- ebc903398
- 7185019
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttt3qg9
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)793166639
Subject
- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
- Andes Region
- Catholicism
- Christianity
- Ecuador
- Electronic books
- Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Religious aspects | Catholic Church
- Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Religious aspects | Catholic Church
- Gynecology & Obstetrics
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Infertility
- Health & Biological Sciences
- Human reproductive technology
- Human reproductive technology -- Andes Region
- Human reproductive technology -- Ecuador
- Investigative Techniques
- Medical anthropology
- Medical anthropology -- Andes Region
- Medical anthropology -- Ecuador
- Medicine
- Named Groups
- Persons
- Religion
- Reproductive Techniques
- Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- Therapeutics
- Tissue Donors
- Humanities
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