ISBN:
9780203850510
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (284 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Routledge Research in Comparative Politics Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.8743
Keywords:
Motherhood Cross-cultural studies Political aspects
;
Mothers Cross-cultural studies Social conditions
;
Globalization Cross-cultural studies
;
Motherhood Cross-cultural studies
;
Motherhood - Research
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The 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 market in reproductive technologies, the rising transnational labour market demand for feminized carework, and changing family forms. Focusing on the impacts on women who mother- and enable others to do so- across diverse contexts, the book examines the way in which conception, gestation mothering labor and care are being mobilized across national boundaries. Bringing together demographers, sociologists, lawyers, public health and social theorists, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of globalization studies, development studies, gender studies, feminist politics, political economy, human rights, and social policy.
Abstract:
Book 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 -- 6 Transnational adoption and the transnationalization of motherhood: rethinking abandonment, adoption and return -- Part 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.
Description / Table of Contents:
Book 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
Description / Table of Contents:
6 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
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=557255
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