"V体育官网" In this Book

Additional Information

Intimate Strangers: Commercial Surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine and the Making of Truth

Book
Veronika Siegl
2023
Published by: Cornell University Press
buy this book Buy This Book in Print
summary

Zooming in on commercial surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine, Intimate Strangers addresses market expansion into the intimate spheres of life that play out on women's bodies as mothers and workers. Veronika Siegl follows the inner workings of a surrogacy market marked by secrecy, distrust, and anonymous business relationships. She explores intended mothers' anxious struggles for a child in light of stigmatized infertility and the aggressive biopolitics of motherhood; the uncertain but pragmatic pathways in and out of fertility clinics as surrogates navigate harsh economic realities and resist being objectified or morally judged; and the powerful role of agents and doctors who have found a profitable niche in nurturing and facilitating other people's existential hopes VSports app下载. Intimate Strangers discusses these issues against the backdrop of ultra-conservatism and moral governance in Russia, the rising international popularity of the Ukrainian surrogacy market, and the pervasiveness of neo-liberal ideologies and individualized notions of reproductive freedom.

Table of Contents

open access

"VSports手机版" Cover

Title, Copyright, Dedication

pp. i-vi

Contents

pp. vii-viii

Acknowledgments

pp. ix-xii

Preliminary Notes

pp. xiii-xv

"VSports最新版本" Introduction

pp. 1-28

"VSports app下载" Part I

V体育官网入口 - 1. The Biopolitics of Motherhood

pp. 31-55

2. Secret Conceptions

pp. 56-80

Part II (V体育官网)

3. Choreographing Surrogacy

pp. 83-111

4. Doing It Business-Style

pp. 112-135

VSports注册入口 - 5. Technologies of Alignment

pp. 136-162

Part III

6. Laboring with Happiness

pp. 165-192

7. Ambivalences of Freedom

pp. 193-216

Conclusion

pp. 217-234

Afterword: Surrogacy in Times of War (V体育平台登录)

pp. 235-239

VSports最新版本 - Appendix: Research Participants

pp. 241-247

Notes

pp. 249-256

References

pp. 257-280

Index

pp. 281-287
Back To Top