The Lure of Hope: On the Transnational Surrogacy Trail from Australia to India

Author:   Michaela Stockey-Bridge
Publisher:   Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
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9781683930563


Pages:   180
Publication Date:   27 November 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Michaela Stockey-Bridge
Publisher:   Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Imprint:   Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.449kg
ISBN:  

9781683930563


ISBN 10:   1683930568
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   27 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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This is one of the first ethnographies to follow the hopeful journeys of intended parents seeking surrogacy overseas. This highly accessible book breaks down stereotypes of intended parents as they negotiate the Indian surrogacy industry to form families. Stockey-Bridge show sensitivity, sophisticated analysis and empathy with her informants. She offers an important perpesctive to our understanding of overseas surrogacy. -- Andrea Whittaker, professor of anthropology, ARC Future Fellow, and convenor at Monash University Dr Stockey-Bridge's research involving Australian adults undertaking commercial surrogacy arrangements in India, Indian surrogates and staff in Indian fertility clinics engaged in surrogacy arrangements provides a unique insight into international surrogacy in India. This book makes a significant contribution to existing knowledge and understanding of international commercial surrogacy practice, policy and legislation. -- Eric Blyth, emeritus professor at the University of Huddersfield


This is one of the first ethnographies to follow the hopeful journeys of intended parents seeking surrogacy overseas.  This highly accessible book breaks down stereotypes of intended parents as they negotiate the Indian surrogacy industry to form families. Stockey-Bridge show sensitivity, sophisticated analysis and empathy with her informants. She offers an important perpesctive to our understanding of overseas surrogacy. -- Andrea Whittaker, professor of anthropology, ARC Future Fellow, and convenor at Monash University Dr Stockey-Bridge's research involving Australian adults undertaking commercial surrogacy arrangements in India, Indian surrogates and staff in Indian fertility clinics engaged in surrogacy arrangements provides a unique insight into international surrogacy in India. This book makes a significant contribution to existing knowledge and understanding of international commercial surrogacy practice, policy and legislation. -- Eric Blyth, emeritus professor at the University of Huddersfield


This is one of the first ethnographies to follow the hopeful journeys of intended parents seeking surrogacy overseas. This highly accessible book breaks down stereotypes of intended parents as they negotiate the Indian surrogacy industry to form families. Stockey-Bridge show sensitivity, sophisticated analysis and empathy with her informants. She offers an important perpesctive to our understanding of overseas surrogacy.--Andrea Whittaker, professor of anthropology, ARC Future Fellow, and convenor at Monash University Dr Stockey-Bridge's research involving Australian adults undertaking commercial surrogacy arrangements in India, Indian surrogates and staff in Indian fertility clinics engaged in surrogacy arrangements provides a unique insight into international surrogacy in India. This book makes a significant contribution to existing knowledge and understanding of international commercial surrogacy practice, policy and legislation.--Eric Blyth, emeritus professor at the University of Huddersfield


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Michaela Stockey-Bridge is research associate at the University of Technology Sydney.

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