"Gay Becker, the leading ethnographer of the infertility experience
in the U.S., provides a powerful account of how American women and
men think, feel, and talk about their utilization of new
reproductive technologies. This book will be required reading for
those embarking on the infertility treatment odyssey, as well as
for scholars interested in the relationship of gender to
technology." --Marcia Inhorn, author of "Infertility and Patriarchy
"This is a very powerful book. It forces the reader to
scrutinize his/her own relationships to biology, to parenthood and
to normalcy. But Gay Becker's real tour de force goes beyond even
this! The deeper accomplishment of her work is that when, in a
decade or two, children born through these new reproductive
technologies ask the parents why they were born in the first place,
they will be able to turn to Becker's book. The answers will be
cultural as well as personal, deeply anchored not only in their
parents' desires and experiences but also in profound social and
technological innovations." --Isabelle Bazanger, author of
"Inventing Pain Medicine from the Laboratory to the Clinic
"As a longtime facilitator of infertility support groups, I
found The Elusive Embryo to be a fascinating and powerful
examination of the cultural forces that shape the experience of
being infertile as well as of the relationship between reproductive
technologies and the consumers they serve. This is a book that
makes you think; it is also one that offers recognition,
perspective, and ultimately solace to those undergoing the
transforming process of dealing with infertility."--Cecile T.
Lampton, M.S.
"What distinguishes this book is its focus on the
subjectiveexperience of dealing with infertility and its treatment.
The success of Becker's nuanced description of this difficult,
emotionally-charged process may be explained by the way in which
she brings to bear her own experience of infertility-a masterful
exercise in involved detachment." --Simone Bateman, CNS-CERMES
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