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Pande, Amrita Commercial Surrogacy in India: Manufacturing a Perfect Mother-worker 2010 Article Mothering, Surrogacy Surrogacy, Transnational Surrogacy, Indian Context, South Asian Context, Ethnography, Feminist Studies, Feminism, Reproduction, Reproductive Labour, Mothering, Maternal Work, Ethics, Empirical Study, Mother-Worker
Citation Pande, Amrita 2010 Article Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society Surrogacy Transnational Surrogacy Indian Context South Asian Context Ethnography Feminist Studies Feminism Reproduction Reproductive Labour Mothering Maternal Work Ethics Empirical Study Mother-Worker Mothering Surrogacy

"Commercial Surrogacy in India: Manufacturing a Perfect Mother-worker"

by Pande, Amrita (2010)

Keywords

Surrogacy, Transnational Surrogacy, Indian Context, South Asian Context, Ethnography, Feminist Studies, Feminism, Reproduction, Reproductive Labour, Mothering, Maternal Work, Ethics, Empirical Study, Mother-Worker

Themes

Mothering, Surrogacy

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Citation

Pande, Amrita. “Commercial Surrogacy in India: Manufacturing a Perfect Mother-Worker.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 35, no. 4, The University of Chicago Press, 2010, pp. 969–92.

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