A Portrait of Assisted Reproduction in Mexico

Scientific, Political, and Cultural Interactions
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-23040-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 301 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 523 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

González-Santos, Sandra P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie der Technik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Sandra P. González Santos, PhD is a part-time researcher at the Bioethics Faculty at the Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico City and a member of Changing (In)Fertilities (Cambridge University). She has been researching the field of assisted reproduction in Mexico from a science and technology studies perspective since 2006.