Transnational Reproduction: Race, Kinship, and Commercial Surrogacy in India

by Daisy Deomampo

Book Overview

Transnational Reproduction traces the relationships among Western aspiring parents, Indian surrogates, and egg donors from around the world. In the early 2010s India was one of the top providers of surrogacy services in the world. Drawing on interviews with commissioning parents, surrogates, and egg donors as well as doctors and family members, Daisy Deomampo argues that while the surrogacy industry in India offers a clear example of "stratified...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479804215
• ISBN13: 9781479804214
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"