Outsourcing the Womb

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Outsourcing the Womb

Race, Class and Gestational Surrogacy in a Global Market

Gender studies, gender groups Ethnic studies Sociology Personal and public health / health education

Author: France Winddance Twine

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Collection: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 27th March 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 7 Mb

ISBN: 9781317518013


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 become institutionalized and restrict the access of some individuals and families while privileging others, and concludes with a discussion of "reproductive justice" and "reproductive liberty." It is an ideal addition to courses on social problems, race, gender, and inequality.

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