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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aJacobson, Heather
_eautore
245 1 0 _aLabor of Love :
_bGestational Surrogacy and the Work of Making Babies /
_cHeather Jacobson.
264 1 _aNew Brunswick, NJ :
_bRutgers University Press,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c©2016
300 _a1 online resource (218 p.)
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490 0 _aFamilies in Focus
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_t1. Conceptions --
_t2. Making Reproduction Profitable: Th e Contemporary Surrogacy Market --
_t3. Laboring to Conceive: Surrogacy as Work --
_t4. Managing Relations: Surrogates and Th eir Intended Parents --
_t5. Working from Home: Surrogates and Their Families --
_t6. Obscured Labor --
_tNotes --
_tReferences --
_tIndex --
_tAbout the Author
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aWhile the practice of surrogacy has existed for millennia, new fertility technologies have allowed women to act as gestational surrogates, carrying children that are not genetically their own. While some women volunteer to act as gestational surrogates for friends or family members, others get paid for performing this service. The first ethnographic study of gestational surrogacy in the United States, Labor of Love examines the conflicted attitudes that emerge when the ostensibly priceless act of bringing a child into the world becomes a paid occupation. Heather Jacobson interviews not only surrogate mothers, but also their family members, the intended parents who employ surrogates, and the various professionals who work to facilitate the process. Seeking to understand how gestational surrogates perceive their vocation, she discovers that many regard surrogacy as a calling, but are reluctant to describe it as a job. In the process, Jacobson dissects the complex set of social attitudes underlying this resistance toward conceiving of pregnancy as a form of employment. Through her extensive field research, Jacobson gives readers a firsthand look at the many challenges faced by gestational surrogates, who deal with complicated medical procedures, delicate work-family balances, and tricky social dynamics. Yet Labor of Love also demonstrates the extent to which advances in reproductive technology are affecting all Americans, changing how we think about maternity, family, and the labor involved in giving birth. For more, visit http://www.heatherjacobsononline.com/
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aFamilies.
650 0 _aHuman reproductive technology
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aSurrogate motherhood.
650 0 _aSurrogate mothers.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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