ISBN:
9780231169912
,
9780231538183 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
443 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780231538183
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
Series Statement:
South Asia Across the Disciplines
DDC:
306.874/3
Keywords:
Leihmutter
;
Indien
;
Online-Publikation
Abstract:
Surrogacy is India's new form of outsourcing, as couples from all over the world hire Indian women to bear their children for a fraction of the cost of surrogacy elsewhere with little to no government oversight or regulation. In the first detailed ethnography of India's surrogacy industry, Amrita Pande visits clinics and hostels and speaks with surrogates and their families, clients, doctors, brokers, and hostel matrons in order to shed light on this burgeoning business and the experiences of the laborers within it. From recruitment to training to delivery, Pande's research focuses on how repr...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Online-Ausg.:
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