LEADER 03702nam 22006015 450 001 9910726501103321 005 20230808014301.0 010 $a1-5017-6993-6 010 $a1-5017-6994-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501769931 035 $a(CKB)26921694000041 035 $a(DE-B1597)642322 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501769931 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7121128 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7121128 035 $a(OCoLC)1366103679 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926921694000041 100 $a20230808h20232023 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIntimate Strangers $eCommercial Surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine and the Making of Truth /$fVeronika Siegl 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aIthaca, NY : $cCornell University Press, $d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 311 $a9781501769917 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPreliminary Notes -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart I -- $t1. The Biopolitics of Motherhood -- $t2. Secret Conceptions -- $tPart II -- $t3. Choreographing Surrogacy -- $t4. Doing It Business-Style -- $t5. Technologies of Alignment -- $tPart III -- $t6. Laboring with Happiness -- $t7. Ambivalences of Freedom -- $tConclusion -- $tAfterword: Surrogacy in Times of War -- $tAppendix: Research Participants -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aZooming 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. 606 $aSurrogate motherhood$zRussia 606 $aSurrogate motherhood$zUkraine 606 $aSurrogate motherhood$xEconomic aspects$zRussia 606 $aSurrogate motherhood$xEconomic aspects$zUkraine 606 $aSurrogate motherhood$xSocial aspects$zRussia 606 $aSurrogate motherhood$xSocial aspects$zUkraine 610 $asurrogacy in Russia, surrogacy in Ukraine, surrogate motherhood, infertility in Russia, fragile truths surrogacy, ethical labor surrogacy, commercial surrogacy. 615 0$aSurrogate motherhood 615 0$aSurrogate motherhood 615 0$aSurrogate motherhood$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aSurrogate motherhood$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aSurrogate motherhood$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSurrogate motherhood$xSocial aspects 676 $a306.874/3 700 $aSiegl$b Veronika, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01409809 712 02$aSwiss National Science Foundation$4fnd$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fnd 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910726501103321 996 $aIntimate Strangers$93497205 997 $aUNINA