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Author González Santos, Sandra, author.

Title A portrait of assisted reproduction in Mexico : scientific, political, and cultural interactions / Sandra P. González-Santos
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

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Contents An apology and a long thank you -- A National Portrait -- Part 1: Origin -- The power of stories -- Chapter 1: Interest in Sterility -- Chapter 2: Managing Reproduction -- Shifting -- Chapter 3: Interest in Assisting Reproduction -- Part 2 Reproducing Assisted Reproduction -- ARTs as Technological Innovation & Cultural Novelty -- Chapter 4: The Universe is Expanding -- Chapter 5: The Discursive Landscape -- Chapter 6: Contemplating a Repronational Portrait -- Appendix -- Glossary -- References
Summary This book paints a comprehensive portrait of Mexico's system of assisted reproduction first from a historical perspective, then from a more contemporary viewpoint. Based on a detailed analysis of books and articles published between the 1950s and 1980s, the first section tells the story of how the epistemic, normative, and material infrastructure of the assisted reproduction system was built. It traces the professionalization process of assisted reproduction as a medical field and the establishment of its professional association. Drawing on ethnographic material, the second part looks at how this system developed and flourished from the 1980s up to 2010, its commercialization process, how the expansion of reproductive services took place, and the messages regarding reproductive technologies that circulated within a wide discursive landscape. Given its scope and methods, this book will appeal to scholars interested in science and technology studies, reproduction studies, history of medicine, medical anthropology, and sociology
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 30, 2019)
Subject Human reproductive technology -- Mexico
Human reproductive technology -- Social aspects -- Mexico
Reproductive technology.
Reproductive Techniques
Reproductive technology
Human reproductive technology
Human reproductive technology -- Social aspects
SUBJECT Mexico https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008800
Subject Mexico
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030230418
3030230414