Full Description
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
Preface: Test-Tube Conceptions
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Conceptualising Conceptions: An Introduction
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
Notes
Bibliography
