God's Laboratory
Assisted Reproduction in the Andes
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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 practitioners reveal profoundly different understandings of nature and the self compared with those found in other countries. Andean understanding of the body as malleable resonates with cutting-edge theories of the material world put forth by contemporary scholars of science and technology. The Ecuadorian embrace of reproductive technology, however, is less a reflection of a desire to be "modern", than it is a product of colonial racial history, Catholic theologies, and kinship systems. This clearly written account offers a grounded introduction to debates in science studies and medical anthropology, as well as nuanced ethnography of the mingling of science, religion, and history in Andean family life.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Elizabeth F. S. Roberts
- 2012, 328 Seiten, 5 Abbildungen, Masse: 22,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: University of California Press
- ISBN-10: 0520270835
- ISBN-13: 9780520270831
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Gods Laboratory is a strong statement about the difference a study can make when located at the hotspot where nature and culture are inseparable. Elizabeth Robertss ethnography takes an analytically intriguing and careful look at the daily connections between faith and science that underpin the process of human assisted reproduction in urban Ecuador. Following these connections, she exposes science as a local practice and racial whiteness as a social condition that can be bio-culturally acquired in scientific laboratories." -Marisol de la Cadena, author of Indigenous Mestizos: The Politics of Race and Culture in Cuzco, Peru, 1910-1991
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