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03147aam a2200469 a 4500 001 02E109B60D2011E2A71181E86AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20121003010153 008 120123s2012 caua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2011048549 020 $a 0520270835 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780520270831 (pbk.) 020 $a 0520270827 (hardback) 020 $a 9780520270824 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)757476562 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d UKMGB $d BDX $d YDXCP $d IUL $d CDX $d NLM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a sn----- $a sn----- 050 $a RG133.5 $b .R615 2012 050 00 $a RG133.5 $b .R615 2012 060 00 $a 2012 E-664 060 10 $a WQ 208 084 $a SOC002010 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Roberts, Elizabeth F. S., $d 1970- 245 1 $a God's laboratory : $b assisted reproduction in the Andes / $c Elizabeth F.S. Roberts. 260 $a Berkeley : $b University of California Press, $c 2012. 300 $a xxv, 273 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-254) and index. 520 $a "Assisted reproduction, with its test tubes, injections, and gamete donors, often raises concerns about nature, life, and kinship. Yet these concerns do not take the same form everywhere. In this innovative ethnography of in vitro fertilization in a small South American country, Elizabeth Roberts shows that in Ecuador, having children through biotechnological intervention is not only accepted but even embraced. Roberts takes us into clinics, laboratories, and homes, providing a textured picture of the integration of these biotechnologies into Andean life, despite widespread poverty and official condemnation from the Catholic Church. Intimate portraits of patients, donors, and practitioners reveal profoundly different understandings of nature and bodies from those in the United States. The 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Human reproductive technology $z Ecuador. 650 0 $a Human reproductive technology $z Andes Region. 650 0 $a Fertilization in vitro, Human $x Catholic Church. $x Catholic Church. 650 0 $a Medical anthropology $z Ecuador. 650 0 $a Medical anthropology $z Andes Region. 650 12 $a Reproductive Techniques, Assisted $x ethics $z Ecuador. 650 22 $a Anthropology, Medical $z Ecuador. 650 22 $a Catholicism $z Ecuador. 650 22 $a Tissue Donors $x ethics $z Ecuador. 650 22 $a Tissue Donors $x psychology $z Ecuador. 941 $a 1 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20140715010801.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=02E109B60D2011E2A71181E86AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search