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Zsuzsa Berend - Online World Of Surrogacy The - 9781785332746 - V9781785332746
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Online World Of Surrogacy The

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Description for Online World Of Surrogacy The Hardback. Zsuzsa Berend presents a methodologically innovative ethnography of the surrogacy support website in the United States. The Online World of Surrogacy documents collective meaning-making practices that unfold online, and explores their practical, emotional, and moral implications. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.

Zsuzsa Berend presents a methodologically innovative ethnography of SurroMomsOnline.com, the largest surrogacy support website in the United States. Surrogates’ views emerge from the stories, debates, and discussions that unfold online. The Online World of Surrogacy documents these collective meaning-making practices and explores their practical, emotional, and moral implications. In doing so, the book works through themes of interest across the social sciences, including definitions of parenthood, the symbolic role of money, reproductive loss, altruism, and the moral valuation of relationships.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785332746
SKU
V9781785332746
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About Zsuzsa Berend
Zsuzsa Berend teaches sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles and is the academic administrator of the sociology departmental Honors program. For over a decade, she has been doing ethnographic research on an online surrogacy support forum and published on surrogacy-related topics in Medical Anthropology, Sociological Forum, and American Anthropologist.

Reviews for Online World Of Surrogacy The
“Berend’s insights here both contribute to and are consistent with the newer school of thought in economic sociology that views economic relations as socially embedded… [Her] work fills a crucial oversight in sociological knowledge about surrogacy and the connections between economic and personal relations…Scholars from diverse backgrounds will likely find this a useful and intriguing read. Given the concepts and ... Read more

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