Transnational commercial surrogacy and the (un)making of kin in India / Anindita Majumdar.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2017.Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9780199474363
0199474362

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306.87430954 23 MAJ

Contents:

1. Introduction 2. Mothers and fathers 3. Matchmaking genes 4. Waiting with the womb 5. The reproductive state 6. Conclusion.

Summary: Engaging with the idea of emerging forms of families and meanings of kinship in a transnational world through ethnographic research, kinship, gender studies and science and technology studies, this work draws from a context that is enmeshed in the local-global politics of reproduction, including the ways in which the transnational commercial surrogacy arrangement has led to an engaging and ongoing debate regarding ethics and morality in the sphere of reproductive rights.

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1. Introduction 2. Mothers and fathers 3. Matchmaking genes 4. Waiting with the womb 5. The reproductive state 6. Conclusion.

Engaging with the idea of emerging forms of families and meanings of kinship in a transnational world through ethnographic research, kinship, gender studies and science and technology studies, this work draws from a context that is enmeshed in the local-global politics of reproduction, including the ways in which the transnational commercial surrogacy arrangement has led to an engaging and ongoing debate regarding ethics and morality in the sphere of reproductive rights.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-225) and index.

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