"I want a baby, don't stop me from being a mother." An ethnographic study on fertility technology in the medical gray zones.
Lundin, Susanne LU
(2012)
In Cultural Politics
8(2).
p.327-344
- Abstract
- The increasing demand for human egg
cells has led to reproductive tourism and a
transnational egg trade. The activity flourishes
due to poverty and criminality, as well as medical
needs (infertility) and cultural needs (the dream of
parenthood). Other factors are fundamental
concepts, such as the view of the body as an object
of utility and value. This article aims to go behind
the normative discussions that usually surround
different forms of assisted reproductive
technology (ART), fertility tourism, and the egg
trade. It further calls for an understanding of how
the local, culturally embedded use of reproductive
technology... (More) - The increasing demand for human egg
cells has led to reproductive tourism and a
transnational egg trade. The activity flourishes
due to poverty and criminality, as well as medical
needs (infertility) and cultural needs (the dream of
parenthood). Other factors are fundamental
concepts, such as the view of the body as an object
of utility and value. This article aims to go behind
the normative discussions that usually surround
different forms of assisted reproductive
technology (ART), fertility tourism, and the egg
trade. It further calls for an understanding of how
the local, culturally embedded use of reproductive
technology is put into practice. The material,
collected from Sweden, Eastern Europe, and the Middle
East, consists of observations, in-depth interviews, reports
from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and
authorities in these countries, and global media reporting.
I also draw on my previous research on reproductive
technology and ongoing organ-trafficking fieldwork. (Less)
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- Lundin, Susanne
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- 2012
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- keywords
- egg trade, gray zones, ethnography, narrative work
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- Cultural Politics
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- 8
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- 2
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- 327 - 344
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- Duke University Press
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- ISSN
- 1743-2197
- DOI
- 10.1215/17432197-1575192
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cells has led to reproductive tourism and a<br/><br>
transnational egg trade. The activity flourishes<br/><br>
due to poverty and criminality, as well as medical<br/><br>
needs (infertility) and cultural needs (the dream of<br/><br>
parenthood). Other factors are fundamental<br/><br>
concepts, such as the view of the body as an object<br/><br>
of utility and value. This article aims to go behind<br/><br>
the normative discussions that usually surround<br/><br>
different forms of assisted reproductive<br/><br>
technology (ART), fertility tourism, and the egg<br/><br>
trade. It further calls for an understanding of how<br/><br>
the local, culturally embedded use of reproductive<br/><br>
technology is put into practice. The material,<br/><br>
collected from Sweden, Eastern Europe, and the Middle<br/><br>
East, consists of observations, in-depth interviews, reports<br/><br>
from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and<br/><br>
authorities in these countries, and global media reporting.<br/><br>
I also draw on my previous research on reproductive<br/><br>
technology and ongoing organ-trafficking fieldwork.}},
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series = {{Cultural Politics}},
title = {{"I want a baby, don't stop me from being a mother." An ethnographic study on fertility technology in the medical gray zones.}},
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