Cosmopolitan Conceptions
IVF Sojourns in Global Dubai
1st Edition
Published on 23. July 2015
408 pages
978-0-8223-7535-7 (ISBN)
Description
Marcia C. Inhorn's ethnography of international travelers seeking in vitro fertilization treatment in the global IVF hub of Dubai shows that infertile couples, or "reprotravelers," leave their countries because IVF treatment is not safe, affordable, legal or effective. Inhorn opens a window into the painful, frustrating, and expensive world of infertility.
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Marcia C. Inhorn is William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs in the Department of Anthropology and The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University. She is the coeditor of Medical Anthropology at the Intersections: Histories, Activisms, and Futures, also published by Duke University Press.
Content
Illustrations ix
Prologue. Rahnia's Reproductive Journey xi
Introduction. IVF Sojourns 1
1. Hubs: Medical Cosmopolitanism in the Emirates 35
Hubs: Reprotravel Stories 77
2. Absences: Resource Shortages and Waiting Lists 105
Absences: Reprotravel Stories 138
3. Restrictions: Religious Bans and Law Evasion 159
Restricitions: Reprotravel Stories 197
4. Discomforts: Medical Harm and the Search for High-Quality IVF 221
Discomforts: Reprotravel Stories 255
Conclusion. Cosmopolitan Conceptions 287
Acknowledgments 305
Glossory of Medical Terms 311
Notes 321
References 351
Index 371
Prologue. Rahnia's Reproductive Journey xi
Introduction. IVF Sojourns 1
1. Hubs: Medical Cosmopolitanism in the Emirates 35
Hubs: Reprotravel Stories 77
2. Absences: Resource Shortages and Waiting Lists 105
Absences: Reprotravel Stories 138
3. Restrictions: Religious Bans and Law Evasion 159
Restricitions: Reprotravel Stories 197
4. Discomforts: Medical Harm and the Search for High-Quality IVF 221
Discomforts: Reprotravel Stories 255
Conclusion. Cosmopolitan Conceptions 287
Acknowledgments 305
Glossory of Medical Terms 311
Notes 321
References 351
Index 371
