{"product_id":"labor-of-love-gestational-surrogacy-and-the-work-of-making-babies-hardback-9780813569512","title":"Labor of Love; Gestational Surrogacy and the Work of Making Babies (Hardback) 9780813569512","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLabor of Love\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGestational Surrogacy and the Work of Making Babies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHeather Jacobson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813569512\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 March 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e218 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Jacobson argues that Americans should be more accepting of gestational surrogacy and freely acknowledge its financial side.  She skillfully outlines the many ways in which the members of the US surrogacy community she interviewed deliberately obscure the financial aspects of surrogacy arrangements.  Reproductive endocrinologists, lawyers, surrogacy agency personnel, intended parents, and “surro-moms” and their families almost all push a narrative of altruism and the joys of pregnancy as the primary motivations of women who bear babies for genetically unrelated parents.  In fact, Jacobson argues, surrogacy is made “culturally palatable” in the US precisely because of the unwritten “money rules” that require the use of intermediaries to create distance between surro-moms and the sordidly financial... Recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLabor of Love\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully illuminates the work of surrogacy, exploring a world in which women have children for other women. Jacobson skillfully interweaves stories of actual participants with commentary and analysis, providing original insights into the complexities of reproduction.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Naomi Cahn (Harold H. Greene Chair, GWU Law School) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLabor of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging and well-researched study of contemporary surrogacy in the U.S. Jacobson thoughtfully exposes the contradictions surrogates navigate as they downplay the commercial aspects of the transactions and obscure the labor involved in being a surrogate.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Susan Markens (Lehman College and The Graduate Center, CUNY) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLabor of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is a thorough, thoughtful, well-researched analysis of women's labor in the commercial gestational surrogacy market in the United States.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Gender \u0026amp; Society) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Jacobson’s rich qualitative data about the surrogacy market’s inner workings make \u003ci\u003eLabor of Love \u003c\/i\u003ean informative and engaging read.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Alicia Vande Vusse (American Journal of Sociology)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWhile the practice of surrogacy has existed for millennia, new fertility technologies have allowed women to act as gestational surrogates, carrying children that are not genetically their own. While some women volunteer to act as gestational surrogates for friends or family members, others get paid for performing this service. The first ethnographic study of gestational surrogacy in the United States, \u003ci\u003eLabor of Love\u003c\/i\u003e examines the conflicted attitudes that emerge when the ostensibly priceless act of bringing a child into the world becomes a paid occupation.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHeather Jacobson interviews not only surrogate mothers, but also their family members, the intended parents who employ surrogates, and the various professionals who work to facilitate the process. Seeking to understand how gestational surrogates perceive their vocation, she discovers that many regard surrogacy as a calling, but are reluctant to describe it as a job. In the process, Jacobson dissects the complex set of social attitudes underlying this resistance toward conceiving of pregnancy as a form of employment. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThrough her extensive field research, Jacobson gives readers a firsthand look at the many challenges faced by gestational surrogates, who deal with complicated medical procedures, delicate work-family balances, and tricky social dynamics. Yet \u003ci\u003eLabor of Love\u003c\/i\u003e also demonstrates the extent to which advances in reproductive technology are affecting all Americans, changing how we think about maternity, family, and the labor involved in giving birth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For more, visit \u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.heatherjacobsononline.com\/\"'\u003ehttp:\/\/www.heatherjacobsononline.com\/\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1         Conceptions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2         Making Reproduction Profitable: The Contemporary Surrogacy Market \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3         Laboring to Conceive: Surrogacy as Work \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4         Managing Relations: Surrogates and Their IPs\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5         Working from Home: Surrogates and Their Families\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6         Obscured Labor\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559344697624,"sku":"9780813569512","price":83.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/labor-of-love-gestational-surrogacy-and-the-work-of-making-babies-hardback-9780813569512","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}