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OverviewThis timely and fascinating feminist ethnography is the first of its kind to focus on commercial surrogacy workers in Russia and from other countries of the former Soviet Union. Examining surrogacy workers' reproductive labour, and experiences of stratification and migration, the study presents innovative insights into current research on global surrogacy practices and travels for assisted reproduction. It links to wider fields of studies, such as ethnicity, feminism, women's and gender studies in the post-Soviet sphere. Weis expertly brings together rigorous ethnographic research, feminist debates and anthropological theory to explore the attributed significance of origin, citizenship, race, ethnicity and religion, and the cultural framing and social organization of surrogacy as an economic exchange; thereby challenging and contributing to the discourse of surrogacy as a gift, a labour of love, a maternal sacrifice or work. Tracing surrogacy workers' journeys for surrogacy work across Russia, Weis introduces geographic and geopolitical stratifications as two new lenses of stratified reproduction to analyse how surrogacy in Russia builds on and propels surrogacy workers' mobility and results in reproductive migrations. Given the rapid global increase in the use of surrogacy and its increasingly internationalised nature, Weis's research has implications for surrogacy users, medical practitioners and regulators, as well as researchers concerned with (cross-border) surrogacy, reproductive stratifications and reproductive justice. Shortlisted for the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2022 Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christina Weis (De Montfort University, UK)Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.397kg ISBN: 9781839828973ISBN 10: 1839828978 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 19 October 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPrologue: From Moldova to Russia for surrogacy. Gabriela's story Chapter 1. Introduction: Surrogacy in Russia Chapter 2. Becoming a surrogacy worker Chapter 3. Making the relationship work Gabriela's story continued Chapter 4. Reproductive migrations Chapter 5. Disruptions and reconfigurations Conclusion: At crossroads Appendix 1: Participants overview Appendix 2: Notes on research relationships Appendix 3: Emotion work Appendix 4: Surrogacy workers' accommodationsReviewsAuthor InformationChristina Weis holds a PhD in Sociology with Anthropology and is currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for Reproduction Research, De Montfort University, UK. Her research interests lie in medical anthropology, reproductive rights, social aspects of in/fertility and assisted reproductive technologies, and migration. She is particularly interested in ethnographic methods, feminist research design and the geographic region of Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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