03700nam 22006015 450 99654317020331620230808014301.01-5017-6993-61-5017-6994-410.1515/9781501769931(CKB)26921694000041(DE-B1597)642322(DE-B1597)9781501769931(MiAaPQ)EBC7121128(Au-PeEL)EBL7121128(OCoLC)1366103679(EXLCZ)992692169400004120230808h20232023 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIntimate Strangers Commercial Surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine and the Making of Truth /Veronika Siegl1st ed.Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2023]©20231 online resource (306 p.)9781501769917 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 -- IndexZooming 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.Surrogate motherhoodRussiaSurrogate motherhoodUkraineSurrogate motherhoodEconomic aspectsRussiaSurrogate motherhoodEconomic aspectsUkraineSurrogate motherhoodSocial aspectsRussiaSurrogate motherhoodSocial aspectsUkrainesurrogacy in Russia, surrogacy in Ukraine, surrogate motherhood, infertility in Russia, fragile truths surrogacy, ethical labor surrogacy, commercial surrogacy.Surrogate motherhoodSurrogate motherhoodSurrogate motherhoodEconomic aspectsSurrogate motherhoodEconomic aspectsSurrogate motherhoodSocial aspectsSurrogate motherhoodSocial aspects306.874/3Siegl Veronika, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1409809Swiss National Science Foundationfndhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fndDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK996543170203316Intimate Strangers3497205UNISA