Intimate strangers commercial surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine and the making of truth

The Biopolitics of motherhood -- Secret conceptions -- Choreographing surrogacy -- Doing it business-style -- Technologies of alignment -- Laboring with happiness -- Ambivalences of freedom

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1. Verfasser: Siegl, Veronika (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca, New York ; London Cornell University Press 2023
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Zusammenfassung:The Biopolitics of motherhood -- Secret conceptions -- Choreographing surrogacy -- Doing it business-style -- Technologies of alignment -- Laboring with happiness -- Ambivalences of freedom
"This book explores the practice of commercial surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine and unpacks the inner workings of this practice that is marked by secrecy, distrust, and (anonymous) business relationships. It illustrates how 'truths' accelerate market expansion into the intimate spheres of life that play out on women's bodies as mothers and workers"--
Beschreibung:xiv, 287 Seiten
24 cm
ISBN:9781501771316
978-1-5017-7131-6
9781501769917
978-1-5017-6991-7