The convergence of dramatic declines in birth rates worldwide,
aside from sub-Saharan Africa, the rise of untrammelled global
movement of capital, people and information, and the rapid-fire
dissemination of a host of new medical technologies has led to the
"globalization of motherhood."
This book brings together research from the Global North and the
Global South to illuminate how contemporary motherhood is being
changed by the processes of globalization. It locates declining
fertility and desire for motherhood in the context of female
employment, the development of the global market in reproductive
technologies, the rising transnational labour market demand for
feminized carework, and changing family forms. Focusing on the
impacts on women who mother- and enable others to do so- across
diverse contexts, the book examines the way in which conception,
gestation mothering labor and care are being mobilized across
national boundaries.
Bringing together demographers, sociologists, lawyers, public
health and social theorists, this book will be of interest to
students and scholars of globalization studies, development
studies, gender studies, feminist politics, political economy,
human rights, and social policy.
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