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Aditya Bharadwaj 
Conceptions 
Infertility and Procreative Technologies in India

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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.

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Table of Content

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

About the author


Aditya Bharadwaj is Research Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 312 ● ISBN 9781785332319 ● File size 1.3 MB ● Publisher Berghahn Books ● City NY ● Country US ● Published 2016 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4994599 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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