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- catalog abstract ""Ever since the Baby M case, the public has been fascinated with the continuing phenomenon of surrogate motherhood. The Baby M case raised, and left unanswered, many questions about what constitutes motherhood, fatherhood, family, reproduction, and kinship. What do the surrogates, commissioning couples, program directors, and attending professionals think and feel about surrogacy? How and when are the children told of their birth origins? How do surrogate mother programs select a surrogate? What psychological tests are administered? Surrogate Motherhood: Conception in the Heart examines the phenomenon of surrogate motherhood in depth, through the unique perspective of a cultural anthropologist, providing us with answers to these and other questions in a richly textured ethnography. Included in the book are actual surrogate and couple evaluation forms completed by clinical psychologists, confidential surrogate mother information sheets, and the legal contract used by one of the programs." "To date, thousands of surrogate-assisted births have taken place, but never before have the experiences of the participants and program staff been explored in such detail. Participants who have never before spoken publicly about their involvement in surrogacy here speak out, and their statements are startling and intriguing. Surrogate mothers and commissioning couples who have suffered the pain of infertility open up their hearts to illuminate the compelling world of surrogacy in which many of our assumptions about nurturance, family, and kinship are reconfigured."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b5826323.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description ""Ever since the Baby M case, the public has been fascinated with the continuing phenomenon of surrogate motherhood. The Baby M case raised, and left unanswered, many questions about what constitutes motherhood, fatherhood, family, reproduction, and kinship. What do the surrogates, commissioning couples, program directors, and attending professionals think and feel about surrogacy? How and when are the children told of their birth origins? How do surrogate mother programs select a surrogate? What psychological tests are administered? Surrogate Motherhood: Conception in the Heart examines the phenomenon of surrogate motherhood in depth, through the unique perspective of a cultural anthropologist, providing us with answers to these and other questions in a richly textured ethnography. Included in the book are actual surrogate and couple evaluation forms completed by clinical psychologists, confidential surrogate mother information sheets, and the legal contract used by one of the programs." "To date, thousands of surrogate-assisted births have taken place, but never before have the experiences of the participants and program staff been explored in such detail. Participants who have never before spoken publicly about their involvement in surrogacy here speak out, and their statements are startling and intriguing. Surrogate mothers and commissioning couples who have suffered the pain of infertility open up their hearts to illuminate the compelling world of surrogacy in which many of our assumptions about nurturance, family, and kinship are reconfigured."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-206) and index.".
- catalog description "Surrogate mother programs -- Surrogate mothers -- Fathers and adoptive mothers -- Surrogate motherhood and American kinship.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 215 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Surrogate motherhood.".
- catalog identifier "0813319781 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "081331979X (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Surrogate motherhood.".
- catalog isPartOf "Institutional structures of feeling".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder : Westview Press,".
- catalog relation "Surrogate motherhood.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "1994 H-112".
- catalog subject "306.874/3 20".
- catalog subject "HQ 759.5 R144s 1994".
- catalog subject "HQ759.5 .R34 1994".
- catalog subject "Reproductive Techniques".
- catalog subject "Surrogate Mothers psychology".
- catalog subject "Surrogate motherhood United States.".
- catalog subject "Surrogate motherhood.".
- catalog subject "Surrogate mothers Attitudes.".
- catalog subject "Surrogate mothers United States Attitudes.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Surrogate mother programs -- Surrogate mothers -- Fathers and adoptive mothers -- Surrogate motherhood and American kinship.".
- catalog title "Surrogate motherhood : conception in the heart / Helena Ragoné.".
- catalog type "text".