Tactile Crease: The Embodiment of Anti-IVF Discourses in Poland

Tactile Crease: The Embodiment of Anti-IVF Discourses in Poland

In Poland, in vitro fertilization (IVF) is often a contested procedure, as it is not accepted by Catholic bioethics. This rejection mobilizes a wide range of views and arguments about IVF, some of which circulate only in the local discourse. A very potent local concept is the “tactile crease” (bruzd...

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Main Author: Ewa Maciejewska-Mroczek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2019-04-01
Series:Ethnologia Europaea
Subjects:
Catholicism
children
assisted reproduction
in vitro fertilization
Poland
Online Access:https://ee.openlibhums.org/article/id/1112/
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spelling doaj-d21143a98dff40c69a8f113de66162ab2021-05-20T18:23:41ZengOpen Library of HumanitiesEthnologia Europaea1604-30302019-04-0149110.16995/ee.1112Tactile Crease: The Embodiment of Anti-IVF Discourses in PolandEwa Maciejewska-Mroczek0University of WarsawIn Poland, in vitro fertilization (IVF) is often a contested procedure, as it is not accepted by Catholic bioethics. This rejection mobilizes a wide range of views and arguments about IVF, some of which circulate only in the local discourse. A very potent local concept is the “tactile crease” (bruzda dotykowa) that is said to mark the foreheads of children conceived with IVF. This term, coined in 2013 by a priest who is also a professor of law, represents one way in which the political discourse shapes the imagined body of the Other. In this paper, the analysis of the origins and resonance of the “tactile crease” in the Polish public discourse is confronted with the results of anthropological research among children conceived with IVF and their families.https://ee.openlibhums.org/article/id/1112/Catholicismchildrenassisted reproductionin vitro fertilizationPoland
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Tactile Crease: The Embodiment of Anti-IVF Discourses in Poland
Ethnologia Europaea
Catholicism
children
assisted reproduction
in vitro fertilization
Poland
author_facet Ewa Maciejewska-Mroczek
author_sort Ewa Maciejewska-Mroczek
title Tactile Crease: The Embodiment of Anti-IVF Discourses in Poland
title_short Tactile Crease: The Embodiment of Anti-IVF Discourses in Poland
title_full Tactile Crease: The Embodiment of Anti-IVF Discourses in Poland
title_fullStr Tactile Crease: The Embodiment of Anti-IVF Discourses in Poland
title_full_unstemmed Tactile Crease: The Embodiment of Anti-IVF Discourses in Poland
title_sort tactile crease: the embodiment of anti-ivf discourses in poland
publisher Open Library of Humanities
series Ethnologia Europaea
issn 1604-3030
publishDate 2019-04-01
description In Poland, in vitro fertilization (IVF) is often a contested procedure, as it is not accepted by Catholic bioethics. This rejection mobilizes a wide range of views and arguments about IVF, some of which circulate only in the local discourse. A very potent local concept is the “tactile crease” (bruzda dotykowa) that is said to mark the foreheads of children conceived with IVF. This term, coined in 2013 by a priest who is also a professor of law, represents one way in which the political discourse shapes the imagined body of the Other. In this paper, the analysis of the origins and resonance of the “tactile crease” in the Polish public discourse is confronted with the results of anthropological research among children conceived with IVF and their families.
topic Catholicism
children
assisted reproduction
in vitro fertilization
Poland
url https://ee.openlibhums.org/article/id/1112/
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