LEADER 03848oam 2200709I 450 001 9910814824203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-96289-1 010 $a1-282-78182-0 010 $a9786612781827 010 $a0-203-85051-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203850510 035 $a(CKB)2670000000044703 035 $a(EBL)557255 035 $a(OCoLC)664551583 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000418753 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11301283 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418753 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10376929 035 $a(PQKB)11656161 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC557255 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL557255 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10416504 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL278182 035 $a(PPN)198463251 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000044703 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe globalization of motherhood $edeconstructions and reconstructions of biology and care /$fedited by Wendy Chavkin and JaneMaree Maher 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge research in comparative politics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-87428-0 311 $a0-415-77894-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [232]-265) and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction; 1 The globalization of motherhood; 2 Motherhood: reproduction and care; Part II: Cross national care labour; 3 Mothers on the move: Children's education and transnational mobility in global-city Singapore; 4 Stratified workers/stratified mothers: Migration policies and citizenship among Ecuadorian immigrant women; Part III: Transnational adoption; 5 Intercountry adoption as globalized motherhood 327 $a6 Transnational adoption and the transnationalization of motherhood: rethinking abandonment, adoption and returnPart IV: ART Across borders; 7 Motherhood jeopardized: reproductive technologies in Indian communities; 8 Divided mothers: changing global inequalities of 'nature' and 'nurture'; 9 'Assisted' motherhood in global Dubai: reproductive tourists and their helpers; Part V: Conclusion; 10 Rights as recourse: globalized motherhood and human rights; 11 Epilogue: mothering forward?; References; Index 330 $aThe convergence of dramatic declines in birth rates worldwide, aside from sub-Saharan Africa, the rise of untrammelled global movement of capital, people and information, and the rapid-fire dissemination of a host of new medical technologies has led to the ""globalization of motherhood"". This book brings together research from the Global North and the Global South to illuminate how contemporary motherhood is being changed by the processes of globalization. It locates declining fertility and desire for motherhood in the context of female employment, the development of the global mark 410 0$aRoutledge research in comparative politics. 606 $aMotherhood$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aMotherhood$xPolitical aspects$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aGlobalization$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aMothers$xSocial conditions$vCross-cultural studies 615 0$aMotherhood 615 0$aMotherhood$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aGlobalization 615 0$aMothers$xSocial conditions 676 $a306.8743 701 $aChavkin$b Wendy$01641275 701 $aMaher$b JaneMaree$0858728 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814824203321 996 $aThe globalization of motherhood$93985300 997 $aUNINA