Main description:

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.

Contents:

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