Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Genealogies of Transnational Commercial Surrogacy: Australia and India Chapter 2: Surrogates in India: Class and Social Context Chapter 3: The Intending Parents: the Narrow Pathways of IP Journeys Chapter 4: Finding the Clinic: Surrogate Recruitment Networks and the Saleable Body Chapter 5: Caretakers and Conversion: Caretaker Narratives Chapter 6: The Lure of Hope: Locating the Clinic and Finding Hope Chapter 7: The Rhetoric of Tragedy and the Experience of Disaster Chapter 8: Transnational Surrogacy, Kinship, Connectedness and the Gift Conclusion Terminology References Appendix About the Author
Michaela Stockey-Bridge is research associate at the University of Technology Sydney.
This is one of the first ethnographies to follow the hopeful
journeys of intended parents seeking surrogacy overseas. This
highly accessible book breaks down stereotypes of intended parents
as they negotiate the Indian surrogacy industry to form families.
Stockey-Bridge show sensitivity, sophisticated analysis and empathy
with her informants. She offers an important perpesctive to our
understanding of overseas surrogacy. -- Andrea Whittaker, professor
of anthropology, ARC Future Fellow, and convenor at Monash
University
Dr Stockey-Bridge's research involving Australian adults
undertaking commercial surrogacy arrangements in India, Indian
surrogates and staff in Indian fertility clinics engaged in
surrogacy arrangements provides a unique insight into international
surrogacy in India. This book makes a significant contribution to
existing knowledge and understanding of international commercial
surrogacy practice, policy and legislation. -- Eric Blyth, emeritus
professor at the University of Huddersfield
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