This thesis derives from ethnographic research undertaken in sites of Israeli NF and egg donation between January and September 2002. The thesis begins with an examination of some features of the general context of Israeli ova donation through an analysis of a set of stories about the theft of ova and an egg shortage crisis, which emerged in the year prior to my fieldwork in Israel (2001). It then moves to an examination of NF and egg donation at a state run clinic in Jerusalem. From there I trace some new practices of transnational ova donation in three sites and sets of practices: an IVF clinic in Tel Aviv; donor trait selection at this Tel Aviv clinic; and an Israeli egg donation and extraction clinic in Romania. I trace some key features of these sites and practices. Through this analysis, I explore some of the ways in which discursive practices of Israeli . extraction, exchange, and implantation are important sites in the making of gender, religious, race and kinship relations, and are thereby implicated in the making of the Israeli nation. The study frames egg donation practices as 'national imaginaries', which are resonant with, and implicated in, the politics of (re)producing the state of Israel as Jewish and Euro-American, One element of this which is identified here has been the shift towards privatisation of health care. I document some of the features and consequences of this privatisation in the sphere of Israeli IVF and transnational ova trafficking. Conducted during a period in which political and military negotiations of Israeli borders were intense, this research examines another, but related, site of border struggles .- medically assisted reproduction.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:431739 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Nahman, Michal Rachel |
| Publisher | Lancaster University |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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