Publication

2016-09-20 - NYU Press

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101479808172
  • ISBN-139781479808175
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016014066
  • OCLC Control Number946161384
  • Better World Books9781479808175
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCHQ759.5.H37 2016
  • LCCHQ759.5 .H37 2016

Description

Focuses on the practice of cross-racial gestational surrogacy, in which a woman--through in-vitro fertilization using the sperm and egg of intended parents or donors--carries a pregnancy for intended parents of a different race. Concentrating on the racial differences between parents and surrogates, Harrison is interested in how reproductive technologies intersect with race, particularly when brown bodies produce white babies. She provides an interdisciplinary analysis that includes legal cases of contested surrogacy, historical examples of surrogacy as a form of racialized reproductive labor, the role of genetics in the assisted reproduction industry, and the recent turn toward reproductive tourism. --From publisher description.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Brown Bodies, White Babies: The Politics of Cross-Racial SurrogacyHardcoverNYU Press2016-09-20

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