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IVF and Childlessness in Bangladesh Constructions of Motherhood
By Mirza Taslima Sultana
Copyright 2025
258 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
258 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
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This book examines motherhood and childlessness within the context of the emergence of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) in Bangladesh. It studies the development of IVF procedures through a socio-economic and historical lens. The author delves into policy issues, the media representations of IVF, IVF advertisements, and looks at IVF clinics as sites for commercializing the hope of childless... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Situating the Research Chapter 3: The Emergence of IVF in Bangladesh: Media, Policy Statements Chapter 4: ‘Let there be another window’: IVF and Bangladeshi women’s movement Chapter 5: Discourses of Motherhood: Negotiation, Contradiction and Dilemma Chapter 6: Discourses of Childlessness: Power and Agency Chapter 7: The Business of Ensuring That ‘Hope Never Dies’: Visual and Verbal Representations of IVF in Dhaka Chapter 8: Conclusion
Biography
Mirza Taslima Sultana, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
