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Zusatztext A ground-breaking book, where the voices of activists and those of researchers come together to address one of the most important, and complex, phenomena of our time: the transnational market in baby-making. Informationen zum Autor Miranda Davies is a writer and editor with a longstanding interest in gender, development and human rights. She has worked as a freelance writer and editor for numerous organisations, including Isis International Women's Network, the Central America Committee for Human Rights, Virago, Channel Four, the Rough Guides, Sort Of Books and the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF). Miranda has been a book editor and Managing Editor of BAAF's peer-reviewed quarterly journal, Adoption & Fostering, since 1996. This job sparked an interest in child welfare, especially the needs and rights of children separated from their families of origin. Some of the similarities with intercountry adoption in turn gave rise to a fascination with reproductive tourism and the many ethical and other implications of the current boom in commercial surrogacy. In August 2014, Miranda attended a three-day International Forum on Intercountry Adoption & Global Surrogacy organised by International Social Services (ISS) in The Hague, where she met many of the potential contributors to the proposed anthology. Miranda has two grown-up daughters and lives in London. Klappentext Transnational surrogacy - the creation of babies across borders - has become big business. Globalization, reproductive technologies, new family formations and rising infertility are combining to produce a 'quiet revolution' in social and medical ethics and the nature of parenthood. Whereas much of the current scholarship has focused on the US and India, this groundbreaking anthology offers a far wider perspective. Featuring contributions from over thirty activists and scholars from a range of countries and disciplines, this collection offers the first genuinely international study of transnational surrogacy. Its innovative bottom-up approach, rooted in feminist perspectives, gives due prominence to the voices of those most affected by the global surrogacy chain, namely the surrogate mothers, donors, prospective parents and the children themselves. Through case studies ranging from Israel to Mexico, the book outlines the forces that are driving the growth of transnational surrogacy, as well as its implications for feminism, human rights, motherhood and masculinity. Vorwort Grounded in feminist perspectives, the first study of transnational surrogacy to give due prominence to the voices of those most affected by the practice, namely the surrogate mothers, donors, prospective parents and the children themselves. Zusammenfassung Grounded in feminist perspectives, the first study of transnational surrogacy to give due prominence to the voices of those most affected by the practice, namely the surrogate mothers, donors, prospective parents and the children themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction - Miranda Davies Part I: Reconstructing Parenthood 1. Motherhood in Fragments: The Disaggregation of Biology and Care - Laurel Swerdlow and Wendy Chavkin 2. Constructions of Gay Men's Reproductive Desires on Commercial Surrogacy Clinic Websites - Damien Riggs and Clemence Due Part II: Global Babies: Who Benefits? 3. Transnational Surrogacy and the Earthquake in Nepal: A Case Study from Israel - Carmel Shalev, Hedva Eyal and Etti Samama 4. Recruiting to Give Birth: Agent-Facilitators and the Commercial Surrogacy Arrangement in India - Sarojini Nadimpally and Anindita Majumdar (Sama) 5. Gestational Surrogacy: How Safe? - Diane Beeson and Abby Lippman 6. The Fertility Continuum: Racism, Bio-capitalism and Post-colonialism in the Transnational Surrogacy Industry - France Winddance Twine 7. Networks of Reproductio...
