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Summary:

"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"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

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

Author/Creator:

Siegl, Veronika, 1985- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Intimate strangers: commercial surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine and the making of truth [by Siegl, V.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Intimate strangers [by Siegl, V.] (Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2023 — ISBN 9781501769931; LCCN 2023002730)

Subjects:

Surrogate motherhood — Russia

Surrogate motherhood — Ukraine

Surrogate motherhood — Economic aspects — Russia

Surrogate motherhood — Economic aspects — Ukraine

Surrogate motherhood — Social aspects — Russia

Surrogate motherhood — Social aspects — Ukraine

Gestational surrogacy

Surrogacy

Surrogate motherhood

Surrogate motherhood — Economic aspects

Surrogate motherhood — Social aspects

Russia

Ukraine

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xiv, 287 pages ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

HQ759.5 .S544 2023

ISBNs:

9781501769917 (hardcover)
150176991X (hardcover)
9781501771316 (paperback)
1501771310 (paperback)
9781501769931 (electronic book) [Invalid]
9781501769948 (epub) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2023002729

OCLC Numbers:

1349085575