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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790938903321

Titolo

Globalization and transnational surrogacy in India : outsourcing life / / edited by Sayantani DasGupta and Shamita Das Dasgupta ; contributors Alison Bailey [and eleven others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4985-2520-2

0-7391-8743-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Disciplina

306.874/3

Soggetti

Surrogate motherhood - India

Human reproductive technology industry - India

Medical tourism - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 The Three Ms of Commercial Surrogacy in India; 2 Reconceiving Surrogacy; 3 Gestational Surrogacy in India; 4 Shifting Sands; 5 The Power of Narratives; 6 The Rhetoric of the Womb; 7 Mother India; 8 A Race to the Bottom?; 9 A Welfare Principle Applied to Children Born and Adopted in Surrogacy; 10 Business as Usual?; 11 Transnational Surrogacy Takes Center Stage; Notes; References; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This edited volume explores transnational gestational surrogacy and how its practice is changing the traditional concept of parenthood across the globe. The phenomenon has given rise to a thriving international industry where money is being 'legally' exchanged for babies and 'reproductive labor' has taken on a lucrative commercial tone. This interdisciplinary collection of essays addresses significant issues in commercial gestational surrogacy as it plays out in a peculiar relation between the United States and India.