‘Are you pregnant? If not, why not?’: artificial reproductive technology and the trauma of infertility
Soumya Kashyap,
Priyanka Tripathi
Abstract:The article scrutinises Rohini S. Rajagopal’s work,what’s a lemon squeezer doing in my vagina(2021), to illustrate the escalating medicalisation of infertile bodies. In a cultural context where reproductive concerns are construed as medical disorders demanding treatment and surveillance, medical professionals and pharmaceutical companies exploit these sociocultural dynamics to provide infertile couples with immediate solutions through Assisted Reproductive Technologies. Consequently, the study contributes a cr… Show more
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