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100			_aPande, Amrita _eauthor _91022
245			_aWombs in labor : _btransnational commercial surrogacy in India / _cAmrita Pande
260			_aNew York : _aDelhi : _bColumbia University Press, _bPrimus Books, _c2018.
300			_axi, 252 pages ; _c24 cm
490			_aSouth Asia across the disciplines.
505			_a Introduction : wombs in labor -- Pro-natal technologies in an anti-natal state -- When the fish talk about the water -- Manufacturing the perfect mother-worker -- Everyday divinities and God's labor -- Embodied labor and neo-eugenics -- Disposable workers and dirty labor -- Disposable mothers and kin labor -- Conclusion: aporia of surrogacy.
520			_a Clients from all over the world hire Indian women to bear their children for a fraction of the cost of surrogacy elsewhere with little to no government oversight or regulation. In the first detailed ethnography of India's surrogacy industry, Amrita Pande visits clinics, lives in surrogacy hostels, and speaks with surrogates, their families, clients, doctors, brokers, and hostel matrons to capture the full mechanics of this burgeoning business and the experiences of the laborers within it. From recruitment to training to delivery, Pande's research focuses on the intersection of production and reproduction and its reflection of India's larger labor regime. Yet her work also showcases the strategies surrogates deploy to retain control over their bodies and reproductive futures. She ultimately advocates for a better understanding of this complex labor market, envisioning an international model for fair-trade surrogacy founded on openness and transparency in all business, medical, and emotional exchanges.
650			_aSurrogate motherhood _zIndia. _98691
650			_aSurrogate mothers _zIndia. _98692
650			_aSurrogate Mothers. _98693
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