Surrogate motherhood
Subtitle: conception in the heart
By: Helena Ragoné
Series: Institutional structures of feeling; Institutional structures of feeling
Publisher: Routledge; Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2019
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780429307997; 9781000277715; 9781000241778; 9781000313659; 9780367289249
Subjects: Surrogate motherhood; Surrogate mothers; Attitudes; Surrogate Mothers; Psychology; Maternité de substitution; Mères porteuses; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Anthropology; General; Ersatzmutter; Draagmoederschap
Description: Surrogate Motherhood: Conception in the Heart is a compelling account written with analytical clarity and remarkable compassion. Helena Ragon has given long overdue humanity and voice to the actual participants in the surrogate motherhood experience--a heretofore inaccessible population--and the results are fascinating. Anyone interested in fertility, parenting, reproduction, and kinship, or anyone interested in contemporary culture will want to read this book.
Notes: Helena Ragoné
Table of contents: title: Surrogate mother programs; title: Surrogate mothers; title: Fathers and adoptive mothers; title: Surrogate motherhood and American kinship.