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Conceptions: Infertility and Procreative Technologies in India
Aditya Bharadwaj
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Description for Conceptions: Infertility and Procreative Technologies in India
Hardback. The book examines the causes and consequences of infertility and the rapid proliferation of new reproductive technologies in 'modern India'. The book emerges from an ethnographic inquiry that explains how assisted conception, as a means of bypassing infertility, is being accommodated, understood and used in India today. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC; MFKC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Series
Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785332302
SKU
V9781785332302
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Ref
99-15
About Aditya Bharadwaj
Aditya Bharadwaj is Research Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.
Reviews for Conceptions: Infertility and Procreative Technologies in India
This book is undoubtedly a valuable contribution to the emerging ethnographies from non-Western settings on assisted conception. It is also a pertinent reminder of the significance of religion in understanding the local variations in both managing and making sense of assisted conception. With its comparative gaze, it provides an important mirror, challenging Western assumptions. Journal of the Royal Anthropological ... Read more