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Anthropological research studies in surrogacy in india

Answer 1

In order to shed new light on the legitimacy and ethics of the growing, and currently highly debated, transnational surrogacy industry, this project explores Indian surrogate mothers´ experiences and life worlds. Through conducting a long-term ethnographic fieldwork with surrogates in Mumbai, I aim to produce much needed knowledge about the social and cultural processes that influence the Indian women’s partaking in surrogacy. The project draws on anthropological and feminist theoretical writings on power, gender and globalization .

Answer 2

Explanation:

Based on fieldwork at a transnational surrogacy clinic in India and analysis of assisted reproductive technology (ART) legislation under consideration in the Indian parliament, this paper examines how bodies become potentialized through a combination of technology and networks of social and economic inequality.