Birthing a Mother The Surrogate Body and the Pregnant Self

Birthing a Mother is the first ethnography to probe the intimate experience of gestational surrogate motherhood. In this beautifully written and insightful book, Elly Teman shows how surrogates and intended mothers carefully negotiate their cooperative endeavor. Drawing on anthropological fieldwork...

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1. Verfasser:	Teman, Elly
Format:	E-Book Buch
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Berkeley University of California Press 2010
Ausgabe:	1
Schlagworte:	academic nonfiction Anthropology Birth Body childbirth cross cultural perspectives delivery ethnographers ethnography family family sociology fetus gender studies gestation global context health care humanity Israel jewish israeli women Judaism life changes maternal claims MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery Motherhood Mothers Mothers - Israel new mothers nonfiction reference parenthood Pregnancy Pregnancy > Israel psychology of surrogacy Self SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies sociology surrogacy Surrogate mother Surrogate motherhood Surrogate mothers Surrogate mothers > Israel surrogates thought provoking women womens relationships Israel academic nonfiction sociology childbirth motherhood womens relationships surrogates jewish israeli women psychology of surrogacy thought provoking global context nonfiction reference gestation ethnography health care surrogacy humanity delivery anthropology ethnographers gender studies pregnancy new mothers family sociology life changes parenthood cross cultural perspectives surrogate motherhood family fetus women maternal claims
ISBN:	0520259637, 9780520259638, 0520259645, 9780520259645, 0520945859, 9780520945852
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Front Matter Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue: Introduction [PART ONE Introduction] CHAPTER 1: Surrogate Selves and Embodied Others CHAPTER 2: The Body Map CHAPTER 3: Operationalizing the Body Map [PART TWO Introduction] CHAPTER 4: Intended Mothers and Maternal Intentions CHAPTER 5: The Shifting Body CHAPTER 6: Rites of Classification CHAPTER 7: The Surrogate’s Gift CHAPTER 8: The Surrogate’s Mission CHAPTER 9: The Hero’s Quest Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Back Matter
Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Yael -- Introduction -- Part 1 - Dividing -- Chapter 1 - Surrogate Selves and Embodied Others -- Chapter 2 - The Body Map -- Chapter 3 - Operationalizing the Body Map -- Part 2 - Connecting -- Chapter 4 - Intended Mothers and Maternal Intentions -- Chapter 5 - The Shifting Body -- Part 3 - Separating -- Chapter 6 - Rites of Classification -- Chapter 7 - The Surrogate's Gift -- Part 4 - Redefining -- Chapter 8 - The Surrogate's Mission -- Chapter 9 - The Hero's Quest -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Acknowledgments --
Contents --
Part one. Dividing --
Part Three. Separating --
Index
Conclusion --
Illustrations --
Part Two. Connecting --
Frontmatter --
Part Four. Redefining --
Notes --
Prologue: Yael --
Introduction --
Bibliography --