{"product_id":"substantial-relations-making-global-reproductive-medicine-in-postcolonial-india-paperback-softback-9781501758195","title":"Substantial Relations; Making Global Reproductive Medicine in Postcolonial India (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501758195","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSubstantial Relations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMaking Global Reproductive Medicine in Postcolonial India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSandra Bärnreuther (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501758195\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 December 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages, 13 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 13 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBärnreuther (Univ. of Lucerne, Switzerland) skillfully uses anthropological fieldwork (conducted from 2010 to 2017) and archival research to describe and analyze this growing IVF medical system.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice) \u003cp\u003eThe book is a recommended read for all scholars working in the area of infertility\/fertility and kinship studies.\u003c\/p\u003e (Medical Anthropology Quarterly)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSubstantial Relations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e examines global reproductive medicine in India, focusing on in vitro fertilization.\u003c\/b\u003e Since the 1970s, India has played a central but shifting role in shaping global reproductive medicine—from a provider of raw material, to a producer of knowledge and technology, to a creator of a thriving medical market that attracts patients from all over the world. Relying on archival material and oral history, \u003ci\u003eSubstantial Relations\u003c\/i\u003e traces the path of this transnational historical trajectory. This book also examines the contemporary making of IVF in Delhi. Drawing on ethnographic research in homes, hospitals, and laboratories, Sandra Bärnreuther provides deep insights into the intricacies of clinical life and everyday experience by depicting IVF users' quest for offspring and their fears of establishing unwanted ties, as well as the minute engagements of clinicians and laboratory staff with reproductive substances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking through substances—metaphorically and materially—Sandra Bärnreuther provides a novel and rich analysis of the various relations that the burgeoning IVF sector in India has relied on and generated. \u003ci\u003eSubstantial Relations\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to a broader understanding of reproductive medicine as a global phenomenon constantly in the making, situating India in the midst of, rather than peripheral to, this process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. From Urine to Ampoule: The Commodity Chain of a Hormone\u003cbr\u003e 2. From Dismissal to Recognition: A Contested Claim\u003cbr\u003e 3. From Hobby to Industry: How IVF Diversified\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Clinic and Beyond: Reproductive Temporalities\u003cbr\u003e 5. When Cells Circulate: Unwanted Ties\u003cbr\u003e 6. Inside the Laboratory: Embryo Ethics\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607805358360,"sku":"9781501758195","price":17.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/substantial-relations-making-global-reproductive-medicine-in-postcolonial-india-paperback-softback-9781501758195","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}