Thai ‹i›in Vitro‹/i› : : Gender, Culture and Assisted Reproduction / / Andrea Whittaker.
In Thailand, infertility remains a source of stigma for those couples that combine a range of religious, traditional and high-tech interventions in their quest for a child. This book explores this experience of infertility and the pursuit and use of assisted reproductive technologies by Thai couples...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Language and Transliteration
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction. Culture Mediums
- Chapter 1. The Birth of IVF in Thailand
- Chapter 2. Incompleteness
- Chapter 3. Begging for Babies
- Chapter 4. Engaging Technologies
- Chapter 5. The Clinical Ensemble
- Chapter 6. Patriarchal Bargains
- Chapter 7. ‘Love Clinic’: Online Communities
- Chapter 8. ‘Technology that Gives Men Hope’
- Chapter 9. Carrying the Merit
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Glossary
- References
- Index