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This book delves deeply into modern surrogacy arrangements,
responding to both practical and ethical critiques by offering a
radically new model for surrogate motherhood. Current practice
distinguishes between two models of surrogacy - the altruistic
(unpaid) model and the commercial (paid) model, both of which
present social, ethical, and conceptual challenges. This book
proposes a novel arrangement for surrogate motherhood - the
professional model. Inspired by professions, such as nursing,
teaching, and social work, the professional model acknowledges the
caring motives that surrogate mothers have while at the same time
compensating them for their work. Walker and Van Zyl adopt an
evidence-based approach to explain that the professional model
enables trust between intended parents and surrogates, provides
professional support at every stage of the relationship, affords
legal protections against exploitation and commodification, and
recognizes the rights and interests of all parties, including the
intended baby. The model applies to both transnational and domestic
surrogacy and will be of great interest to policy makers, social
researchers, bioethicists, legal scholars, fertility professionals,
clinicians, and graduate students in psychology, philosophy,
medicine and ethics.
"Zombies in the Academy" taps into the current popular fascination
with zombies and brings together scholars from a range of fields,
including cultural and communication studies, sociology, film
studies, and education, to give a critical account of the
political, cultural, and pedagogical state of the university
through the metaphor of zombiedom. The contributions to this volume
argue that the increasing corporatization of the academy--an
environment emphasizing publication, narrow research, and the
vulnerability of the tenure system-- is creating a crisis in higher
education best understood through the language of zombie
culture--the undead, contagion, and plague, among others. "Zombies
in the Academy "presents essays from a variety of scholars and
creative writers who present an engaging and entertaining appeal
for serious recognition of the conditions of contemporary
humanities teaching, culture, and labor practices.
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