| Description |
1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preliminary Notes -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1. The Biopolitics of Motherhood -- 2. Secret Conceptions -- Part II -- 3. Choreographing Surrogacy -- 4. Doing It Business-Style -- 5. Technologies of Alignment -- Part III -- 6. Laboring with Happiness -- 7. Ambivalences of Freedom -- Conclusion -- Afterword: Surrogacy in Times of War -- Appendix: Research Participants -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| 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. 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 |
| Analysis |
surrogacy in Russia, surrogacy in Ukraine, surrogate motherhood, infertility in Russia, fragile truths surrogacy, ethical labor surrogacy, commercial surrogacy |
| Notes |
funded by Swiss National Science Foundation |
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In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023) |
| Subject |
Surrogate motherhood -- Economic aspects -- Russia
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Surrogate motherhood -- Economic aspects -- Ukraine
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Surrogate motherhood -- Social aspects -- Russia
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Surrogate motherhood -- Social aspects -- Ukraine
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Surrogate motherhood -- Russia
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Surrogate motherhood -- Ukraine
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical.
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Surrogate motherhood
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Surrogate motherhood -- Economic aspects
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Surrogate motherhood -- Social aspects
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Russia
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Ukraine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, funder.
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| LC no. |
2023002729 |
| ISBN |
9781501769931 |
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1501769936 |
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