Andrea Whittaker

International Surrogacy as Disruptive Industry in Southeast Asia

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Produktbeschreibung

During the last two decades, a new form of trade in commercial surrogacy has grown across Asia. Andrea Whittaker traces the development of this industry and its movement across Southeast Asia following a sequence of governmental bans in India, Nepal, Thailand, and Cambodia.

Produktdetails

• Medical Anthropology
• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780813596846
• ISBN-10: 081359684X
• Artikelnr.: 52425684

Autorenporträt

 Andrea Whittaker is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and convener of anthropology at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of several books, including Thai In Vitro: Culture, Gender, and Assistant Reproductive Technologies in Thailand.  

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of
Illustrations                                                                                                                
Preface
                                                                                                                                              
Notes on Language and Transliteration
List of
Abbreviations                                                                                                             
Introduction                                                                                                                           
Chapter 1. The Growth of Disruptive Commercial Surrogacy in
Asia                                  
Chapter 2. Merit and Money: The Moral Economy of
Surrogacy                                         
Chapter 3. The Best of
Intentions                                                                                         
Chapter 4.
Facilitation                                                                                                                       
Chapter 5. Digital Umbilical Cords
                                                                                      
Chapter 6. Rotten
Trade                                                                                                        
Chapter 7. Baby
Gammy                                                                                                       
Chapter 8. New Destinations, New
Markets                                                                         
Conclusions: The Future of International
Surrogacy                                                             
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Glossary
References
Index