Sociological debates on gestational surrogacy : between legitimation and international abolition /

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Author / Creator:	Bandelli, Daniela, author.
Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021] ©2021
Description:	xxii, 158 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Surrogate motherhood. Surrogate motherhood -- Sociological aspects. Surrogate motherhood -- Law and legislation. Surrogate motherhood. Surrogate motherhood -- Law and legislation.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12714219

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ISBN:	9783030803018 3030803015 303080304X 9783030803049
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	This open access book discusses and analyses competing views and social implications of gestational surrogacy, which is making inroads as an option for parenthood as well as a work opportunity for women. It provides a rich account of transnational mobilizations for the abolition and regulation of surrogacy, with focus on United States, Italy and Mexico. The author critically assesses the core narratives of supporters and opponents of surrogacy, in order to understand this reproductive practice in light of some of the essential elements of contemporary societies, such as the "child at any cost" culture, individualism, technology and female emancipation. This book appeals to scholars, policy makers and all those who want to understand the controversial debate on this unprecedented method of family formation and life production.

Table of Contents:

An introduction to the problems of surrogacy and the demands from civil society
The study's origins and methodology
Features of a booming reproductive practice. The medical process, the market, the antecedents and the risks
Sociological perspectives across individual experiences, social structures and representations
Surrogacy in the United States: the horse is out of the barn
The Mexican case: the differences between autonomy and radical feminism
The Italian case: a strong opposition in the name of women's sexual identity and motherhood
Abolitionist and Regulatory Arguments into perspectives
Conclusions.

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