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Surrogate motherhood and the politics of reproduction [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Markens



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Autore: Markens Susan <1967-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Surrogate motherhood and the politics of reproduction [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Markens Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
Disciplina: 306.874/3
Soggetto topico: Surrogate motherhood
Surrogate mothers - Legal status, laws, etc - United States
Surrogate motherhood - Social aspects - United States
Soggetto non controllato: american politics
california
children
choice
cultural studies
culture wars
family
fertility
gender studies
genetics
human rights
legislation
media coverage
morality
motherhood
mothering
new york
newborn
political
pro choice position
procreation
race studies
religious groups
reproduction
reproductive politics
reproductive studies
reproductive technology
social policy
surrogacy bills
surrogacy
surrogate motherhood
surrogate parenting
united states of america
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and index.
Nota di contenuto: List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: unfamiliar families? -- The new problem of surrogate motherhood: legislative responses -- "Choice" and the "best interests of children": claiming the problem of surrogate motherhood -- "Moral conundrums and menacing ambiguities": framing the problem of surrogate motherhood -- Competing frames of surrogacy: comparing newspapers' coverage of "horror stories" -- Unity, divisions, and strange bedfellows: divergent legislative responses to surrogate motherhood -- A brave new world? Reproductive politics from the past to the present -- Appendix A: A note on methods and data -- Appendix B: A multistate comparison of the impact of sponsor's gender and abortion position on the success of surrogacy bills -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Sommario/riassunto: Susan Markens takes on one of the hottest issues on the fertility front-surrogate motherhood-in a book that illuminates the culture wars that have erupted over new reproductive technologies in the United States. In an innovative analysis of legislative responses to surrogacy in the bellwether states of New York and California, Markens explores how discourses about gender, family, race, genetics, rights, and choice have shaped policies aimed at this issue. She examines the views of key players, including legislators, women's organizations, religious groups, the media, and others. In a study that finds surprising ideological agreement among those with opposing views of surrogate motherhood, Markens challenges common assumptions about our responses to reproductive technologies and at the same time offers a fascinating picture of how reproductive politics shape social policy.
Titolo autorizzato: Surrogate motherhood and the politics of reproduction  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786611385644
1-4356-5367-X
1-281-38564-6
0-520-94097-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910823787703321
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