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From computer support and hotel reservations to laboratory results
and radiographic interpretations, it seems everything can be
'outsourced' in our globalized world. One would not think so with
parenthood, however, especially motherhood, as it is a fundamental
activity humans have historically preserved as personal and
private. In our modern age, however, the advent and accessibility
of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and the ease with
which they have traversed global borders, has fundamentally altered
the meaning of childbearing and parenting. In the twenty-first
century, parenthood is no longer achieved only through gestation,
adoption, or traditional surrogacy, but also via assisted
reproductive technologies (ARTs), where science and technology play
lead roles. Furthermore, in a globalized world economy, where the
movement and transfer of people and commodities are increasing to
serve the interests of capitalism, gamete donation and surrogate
birth can traverse innumerable geographic, socio-economic,
racialized, and political borderlands. Thus, reproduction itself
can be outsourced. This edited volume explores one specific aspect
of the new assisted reproductive technologies: gestational
surrogacy and how its practice is changing the traditional concept
of parenthood across the globe. The phenomenon of transnational
surrogacy has given rise to a thriving international industry where
money is being 'legally' exchanged for babies and 'reproductive
labor' has taken on a lucrative commercial tone. Yet, law,
research, and activism are barely aware of this experience and are
still playing catch-up with rapidly changing on-the-ground
realities. This interdisciplinary collection of essays assuages the
dearth of knowledge and addresses significant issues in
transnational commercial gestational surrogacy as it takes shape in
a peculiar relation between the West (primarily the United States)
and India.
From computer support and hotel reservations to laboratory results
and radiographic interpretations, it seems everything can be
'outsourced' in our globalized world. One would not think so with
parenthood, however, especially motherhood, as it is a fundamental
activity humans have historically preserved as personal and
private. In our modern age, however, the advent and accessibility
of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and the ease with
which they have traversed global borders, has fundamentally altered
the meaning of childbearing and parenting. In the twenty-first
century, parenthood is no longer achieved only through gestation,
adoption, or traditional surrogacy, but also via assisted
reproductive technologies (ARTs), where science and technology play
lead roles. Furthermore, in a globalized world economy, where the
movement and transfer of people and commodities are increasing to
serve the interests of capitalism, gamete donation and surrogate
birth can traverse innumerable geographic, socio-economic,
racialized, and political borderlands. Thus, reproduction itself
can be outsourced. This edited volume explores one specific aspect
of the new assisted reproductive technologies: gestational
surrogacy and how its practice is changing the traditional concept
of parenthood across the globe. The phenomenon of transnational
surrogacy has given rise to a thriving international industry where
money is being 'legally' exchanged for babies and 'reproductive
labor' has taken on a lucrative commercial tone. Yet, law,
research, and activism are barely aware of this experience and are
still playing catch-up with rapidly changing on-the-ground
realities. This interdisciplinary collection of essays assuages the
dearth of knowledge and addresses significant issues in
transnational commercial gestational surrogacy as it takes shape in
a peculiar relation between the West (primarily the United States)
and India.
This book is part of a two-volume set that examines prostitution
and sex trafficking on a global scale, with each chapter devoted to
a particular country in one of seven geo-cultural areas of the
world. The 16 chapters in this volume (Volume II) are devoted to
examination of the commercial sex industry (CSI) in countries
within Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania, while the 18
chapters comprising Volume I focus exclusively on Europe, Latin
America, and North America. This volume also includes a "global"
section, which includes chapters that are globally relevant -
rather than those devoted to a particular country or geographic
location. The content of each Volume, as well as each chapter,
reflects great diversity - diversity in focus, writing style, and
personal position regarding the commercial sex industry. Diversity
extends to the contributors, who are comprised of international
scholars, service providers, and policy advocates representing a
variety of fields and disciplines, with distinct and varied frames
of reference and theoretical underpinnings with regard to the
commercial sex industry. In addition to addressing aspects of the
CSI across the globe, as impacted by geography and culture, authors
have also provided a spectrum of implications of their work -
implications ranging from continued scholarship and research, to
legislative maneuvers and policy change, to suggestions for
collaboration across NGOS, fieldworkers, clinicians, and service
providers. Together, the 34 expertly-crafted chapters provide a
wealth of knowledge from which to more deeply appreciate and
contemplate the global commercial sex industry. By uniting
contributors from around the world, this book aims to build a
relatively common knowledge base on global prostitution and sex
trafficking.
This book is part of a two-volume set that examines prostitution
and sex trafficking on a global scale, with each chapter devoted to
a particular country in one of seven geo-cultural areas of the
world. The 16 chapters in this volume (Volume II) are devoted to
examination of the commercial sex industry (CSI) in countries
within Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania, while the 18
chapters comprising Volume I focus exclusively on Europe, Latin
America, and North America. This volume also includes a "global"
section, which includes chapters that are globally relevant --
rather than those devoted to a particular country or geographic
location. The content of each Volume, as well as each chapter,
reflects great diversity -- diversity in focus, writing style, and
personal position regarding the commercial sex industry. Diversity
extends to the contributors, who are comprised of international
scholars, service providers, and policy advocates representing a
variety of fields and disciplines, with distinct and varied frames
of reference and theoretical underpinnings with regard to the
commercial sex industry. In addition to addressing aspects of the
CSI across the globe, as impacted by geography and culture, authors
have also provided a spectrum of implications of their work --
implications ranging from continued scholarship and research, to
legislative maneuvers and policy change, to suggestions for
collaboration across NGOS, fieldworkers, clinicians, and service
providers. Together, the 34 expertly-crafted chapters provide a
wealth of knowledge from which to more deeply appreciate and
contemplate the global commercial sex industry. By uniting
contributors from around the world, this book aims to build a
relatively common knowledge base on global prostitution and sex
trafficking. Viewed from a unified, global perspective, it is hoped
that this common understanding will lead to a grounded theory and
integrated view with applicable suggestions for international
efforts aimed at interventio
"This book offers powerful insights into the experiences of South
Asian battered women in the U.S."-Natalie Sokoloff, professor of
sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of
New York "If you can read just one book to understand domestic
violence in this country, read Body Evidence. Dasgupta brings
brilliant voices together to explicate the meanings of sexuality,
class, ethnicity, gender, and legal status in the struggle to end
violence against women in intimate relationships."-Dr. Ellen Pence,
director of Praxis International "The strength of this volume lies
in its diversity of views. This book brings a new set of articles
into the discourse on violence against women."-Margaret Abraham,
author of Speaking the Unspeakable: Marital Violence among South
Asian Immigrants in the United States When South Asians immigrated
to the United States in the 1970s, they were passionately driven to
achieve economic stability and socialize the next generation to
retain the traditions of their home culture. The immigrant
community went to great lengths to project an impeccable public
image by denying the existence of social problems such as domestic
violence, sexual assault, mental illness, racism, and
intergenerational conflict. It was not until recently that activist
groups have worked to bring these issues out into the open. In Body
Evidence, more than twenty scholars and public health professionals
uncover the unique challenges faced by victims of domestic violence
in South Asian American communities. Topics include cultural
obsession with women's chastity and virginity; the continued
silence surrounding family-based child sexual abuse and intimate
violence among women who identify themselves as lesbian, bisexual,
or transgender; the consequences of refusing marriage proposals or
failing to meet dowry demands; and, ultimately, the ways in which
the U.S. courts often confuse and exacerbate the plights of these
women. Shamita Das Dasgupta is an adjunct assistant professor of
clinical law at New York University's School of Law and cofounder
of Manavi, Inc.
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