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oapen-20.500.12657-747752023-08-03T09:29:53Z Intimate Strangers Siegl, Veronika surrogacy in Russia, surrogacy in Ukraine, surrogate motherhood, infertility in Russia, fragile truths surrogacy, ethical labor surrogacy, commercial surrogacy bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MQ Nursing & ancillary services::MQC Nursing::MQCL Nursing specialties bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJQ History of other lands Zooming in on commercial surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine, Intimate Strangers addresses market expansion into the intimate spheres of life that play out on women's bodies as mothers and workers. Veronika Siegl follows the inner workings of a surrogacy market marked by secrecy, distrust, and anonymous business relationships. She explores intended mothers' anxious struggles for a child in light of stigmatized infertility and the aggressive biopolitics of motherhood; the uncertain but pragmatic pathways in and out of fertility clinics as surrogates navigate harsh economic realities and resist being objectified or morally judged; and the powerful role of agents and doctors who have found a profitable niche in nurturing and facilitating other people's existential hopes. Intimate Strangers discusses these issues against the backdrop of ultra-conservatism and moral governance in Russia, the rising international popularity of the Ukrainian surrogacy market, and the pervasiveness of neo-liberal ideologies and individualized notions of reproductive freedom. 2023-08-03T09:20:41Z 2023-08-03T09:20:41Z 2023 book ONIX_20230803_9781501769931_12 9781501769931 9781501769917 9781501769948 9781501771316 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/74775 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781501769931.pdf http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769917/intimate-strangers Cornell University Press Cornell University Press 06a447d4-1d09-460f-8b1d-3b4b09d64407 07f61e34-5b96-49f0-9860-c87dd8228f26 9781501769931 9781501769917 9781501769948 9781501771316 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Cornell University Press 306 Ithaca [...] Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung Swiss National Science Foundation open access
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Zooming in on commercial surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine, Intimate Strangers addresses market expansion into the intimate spheres of life that play out on women's bodies as mothers and workers. Veronika Siegl follows the inner workings of a surrogacy market marked by secrecy, distrust, and anonymous business relationships. She explores intended mothers' anxious struggles for a child in light of stigmatized infertility and the aggressive biopolitics of motherhood; the uncertain but pragmatic pathways in and out of fertility clinics as surrogates navigate harsh economic realities and resist being objectified or morally judged; and the powerful role of agents and doctors who have found a profitable niche in nurturing and facilitating other people's existential hopes. Intimate Strangers discusses these issues against the backdrop of ultra-conservatism and moral governance in Russia, the rising international popularity of the Ukrainian surrogacy market, and the pervasiveness of neo-liberal ideologies and individualized notions of reproductive freedom.
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