Intimate strangers : commercial surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine and the making of truth /

Intimate strangers : commercial surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine and the making of truth /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Siegl, Veronika, 1985- author.
Imprint:	Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2023. ©2023
Description:	xiv, 287 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Surrogate motherhood -- Russia. Surrogate motherhood -- Ukraine. Surrogate motherhood -- Economic aspects -- Russia. Surrogate motherhood -- Economic aspects -- Ukraine. Surrogate motherhood -- Social aspects -- Russia. Surrogate motherhood -- Social aspects -- Ukraine. Surrogate motherhood Surrogate motherhood -- Economic aspects Surrogate motherhood -- Social aspects Russia Ukraine
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13503333

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ISBN:	9781501769917 150176991X 9781501771316 1501771310 9781501769931 9781501769948
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book explores the practice of commercial surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine and unpacks the inner workings of this practice that is marked by secrecy, distrust, and (anonymous) business relationships. It illustrates how 'truths' accelerate market expansion into the intimate spheres of life that play out on women's bodies as mothers and workers"--
Other form:	Online version: Siegl, Veronika, 1985- Intimate strangers. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2023 9781501769931

Table of Contents:

The Biopolitics of motherhood
Secret conceptions
Choreographing surrogacy
Doing it business-style
Technologies of alignment
Laboring with happiness
Ambivalences of freedom.