Conceptions : infertility and procreative technologies in India / Aditya Bharadwaj. / Aditya Bharadwaj.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bharadwaj, Aditya, 1971- author.

Series:

Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; 34.

Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infertility--India.

Infertility.

Human reproductive technology--India.

Human reproductive technology.

Reproductive Techniques, Assisted--Psychology.

Reproductive Techniques, Assisted.

India.

Medical Subjects:

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn, 2016.

Summary:

Infertility and assisted reproductive technologies in India lie at the confluence of multiple cultural conceptions. These ‘conceptions’ are key to understanding the burgeoning spread of assisted reproductive technologies and the social implications of infertility and childlessness in India. This longitudinal study is situated in a number of diverse locales which, when taken together, unravel the complex nature of infertility and assisted conception in contemporary India.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Preface: Test-Tube Conceptions

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Conceptualising Conceptions

Part I

Chapter 1 Fertile Conceptions: Culture and Infertility

Chapter 2 Gendered Conceptions: Stigma, Blame and Infertility

Part II

Chapter 3 Contested Conception: The Medical Politics of Test-Tube Babies

Chapter 4 Politics of Conception: The State and Biomedicine

Part III

Chapter 5 Changing Conceptions? ‘Adoption’ of Assisted Conception

Chapter 6 Supplementary Conception: The Other Mother

Part IV

Chapter 7 Long Road to Conception: Emotional and Financial Costs

Chapter 8 In Search of Conception Clinicians, Patients and Clinics

Afterword: Conceptions

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

959980414