Gay men pursuing parenthood through surrogacy : reconfiguring kinship / / Dean A. Murphy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812718403321
• Autore: Murphy Dean
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sydney, N.S.W. : , : NewSouth Publishing, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-74224-743-1; 1-74224-211-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.8742
• Soggetti: Gay men; Gay parents; Parenthood; Surrogate mothers; Kinship
• 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; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1. A child of One's Own; 'The Swirl'; Research Questions; Approach; Defining Surrogacy and Kinship; Chapter Outline; 2. Literature, Theory and Method; A Review of the Literature; Theoretical Considerations; The Concept of Enactment; Data and Information Collection; Conclusions; 3. Brave New World: Representing gay men's surrogacy practices in print media; Introduction; Print Media; Conclusions; 4. The New Normal: Plugging into discourses of gay male parenthood; Introduction; Understanding the Desire to become Parents; Unplugging from ParenthoodReplugging into Parenthood; Choosing to be a 'Good Citizen'; Choosing a different way to do Family; Conclusions; 5. What's Mine is Yours: Negotiating kinship and biogenetic connection within surrogacy-formed families; Introduction; 'Bio-Dads'; Non-'Bio-Dads'; Negotiated/Creative Affinity; Ethereal Affinity and the Importance of Resemblance; The Egg Donor; The Gestational Surrogate; Conclusions; 6. A Clean Transaction': Negotiating the Market in Surrogacy; Introduction; Crossing Borders, Crossing Boundaries; Gift or Commodity?; 'A Clean Transaction'; Ambivalence and the 'Oppressive' Gift7. Reconfiguring Kinship; References; Appendix A: Glossary of Terms; APPENDIX B: Interview Schedule; APPENDIX C: List of Relevant Publications and Presentations; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Dean Murphy analyses how relatedness is enacted in the context of gay men pursuing parenthood and a 'child of one's own' through both domestic and transnational surrogacy arrangements.Drawing on data collected from in-depth interviews with gay men living in Australia and the United States, and news media, the book explores how gay men 'enact' parenthood and family life in ways that both challenge and reinforce dominant notions of kinship and masculinity. These men represent an important first generation to access assisted reproductive technologies for this purpose and are part of an increasing