Online World of Surrogacy

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Online World of Surrogacy

Infertility and fertilization Human biology

Author: Zsuzsa Berend

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Collection: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives

Language: English

Published by: Berghahn Books

Published on: 1st September 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 592 Kb

ISBN: 9781785332753


Zsuzsa Berend presents a methodologically innovative ethnography of SurroMomsOnline.com, the largest surrogacy support website in the United States.

Surrogates’ views emerge from the stories, debates, and discussions that unfold online. The Online World of Surrogacy documents these collective meaning-making practices and explores their practical, emotional, and moral implications. In doing so, the book works through themes of interest across the social sciences, including definitions of parenthood, the symbolic role of money, reproductive loss, altruism, and the moral valuation of relationships.

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