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Intimate strangers : commercial surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine and the making of truth by Veronika Siegl; Swiss National Science Foundation is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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**Zooming in on commercial surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine,** **__Intimate Strangers__** **addresses market expansion into the intimate spheres of life that play out on women's bodies as mothers and workers.** Veronika Siegl follows the inner workings of a surrogacy market marked by secrecy, distrust, and anonymous business relationships. She explores intended mothers' anxious struggles for a child in light of stigmatized infertility and the aggressive biopolitics of motherhood; the uncertain but pragmatic pathways in and out of fertility clinics as surrogates navigate harsh economic realities and resist being objectified or morally judged; and the powerful role of agents and doctors who have found a profitable niche in nurturing and facilitating other people's existential hopes. __Intimate Strangers__ discusses these issues against the backdrop of ultra-conservatism and moral governance in Russia, the rising international popularity of the Ukrainian surrogacy market, and the pervasiveness of neo-liberal ideologies and individualized notions of reproductive freedom.

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Author

Veronika Siegl; Swiss National Science Foundation

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501769917

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Social Sciences, Social_sciences