ISBN:
9781138855809
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (117 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
Series Statement:
Framing 21st Century Social Issues
Parallel Title:
Print version Outsourcing the Womb : Race, Class and Gestational Surrogacy in a Global Market
DDC:
306.874/3
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Through case studies, Outsourcing the Womb, Second Edition provides a critical analysis and global tour of the international surrogacy landscape in Egypt, India, China, Japan, Israel, Ukraine, the European Union and the United States. By providing a comparative analysis of countries that have very different policies, this book disentangles the complex role that race, religion, class inequality, legal regimes, and global capitalism play in the gestational surrogacy market. This book provides an intersectional frame of analysis in which multiple forms of social inequality and power differences b
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I. The Global Womb; II. Racism, Capitalism, and Reproductive Labor; III. Becoming a Gestational Surrogate; IV. Google Babies: The Global Market in Eggs and Sperm; V. Egypt and Israel: Religious Law and Regulatory Regimes; VI. India: A Global Baby Factory; VII. Asian Surrogacy Markets: China, Japan, and South Korea; VIII. The European Union: Bioethics, Family Law and Surrogate Orphans; IX. Reproductive Justice and Reproductive Liberty; References; Glossary/Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
