ABSTRACT
Today, it often seems as though Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) have reached a stage of normalization, at least in some countries and among certain social groups. Apparently some practices – for example in vitro fertilization (IVF) – have become standard worldwide. The contributors to Assisted Reproduction Across Borders argue against normalization as an uncontested overall trend.
This volume reflects on the state of the art of ARTs. From feminist perspectives, the contributors focus on contemporary political debates triggered by ARTs. They examine the varying ways in which ARTs are interpreted and practised in different contexts, depending on religious, moral and political approaches. Assisted Reproduction Across Borders embeds feminist analysis of ARTs across a wide variety of countries and cultural contexts, discussing controversial practices such as surrogacy from the perspective of the global South as well as the global North as well as inequalities in terms of access to IVF.
This volume will appeal to scholars and students of anthropology, ethnography, philosophy, political science, history, sociology, film studies, media studies, literature, art history, area studies, and interdisciplinary areas such as gender studies, cultural studies, and postcolonial studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I ARTs in a Neoliberal World of Transnational Reproflows
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PART II Perplexed State Regulations, Legal Inconsistencies and Cultural Tricksters
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PART III Religious Fundamentalism, Humanist Values, and State Dilemmas in an Era of Technological Monsters
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PART IV ARTs as Entangled in Demographic Agendas and Biopolitics
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PART V “New Normals” and their Discontents