Gay men pursuing parenthood through surrogacy : reconfiguring kinship

Gay men pursuing parenthood through surrogacy : reconfiguring kinship / Dean A. Murphy.

Dean Murphy analyses how relatedness is enacted in the context of gay men pursuing parenthood and a 'child of one's own' through both domestic and transnational surrogacy arrangements. Drawing on data collected from in-depth interviews with gay men living in Australia and the United S...

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Main Author: Murphy, Dean (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth Publishing, 2015.
Subjects:
Gay men.
Gay parents.
Parenthood.
Surrogate mothers.
Kinship.
Surrogate motherhood.
male homosexuality.
kinship.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Surrogate motherhood
Gay men
Gay parents
Kinship
Parenthood
Surrogate mothers
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Table of Contents:
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1. A child of One's Own; 'The Swirl'; Research Questions; Approach; Defining Surrogacy and Kinship; Chapter Outline; 2. Literature, Theory and Method; A Review of the Literature; Theoretical Considerations; The Concept of Enactment; Data and Information Collection; Conclusions; 3. Brave New World: Representing gay men's surrogacy practices in print media; Introduction; Print Media; Conclusions; 4. The New Normal: Plugging into discourses of gay male parenthood; Introduction; Understanding the Desire to become Parents.
  • Unplugging from ParenthoodReplugging into Parenthood; Choosing to be a 'Good Citizen'; Choosing a different way to do Family; Conclusions; 5. What's Mine is Yours: Negotiating kinship and biogenetic connection within surrogacy-formed families; Introduction; 'Bio-Dads'; Non-'Bio-Dads'; Negotiated/Creative Affinity; Ethereal Affinity and the Importance of Resemblance; The Egg Donor; The Gestational Surrogate; Conclusions; 6. A Clean Transaction': Negotiating the Market in Surrogacy; Introduction; Crossing Borders, Crossing Boundaries; Gift or Commodity?; 'A Clean Transaction'
  • Ambivalence and the 'Oppressive' Gift7. Reconfiguring Kinship; References; Appendix A: Glossary of Terms; APPENDIX B: Interview Schedule; APPENDIX C: List of Relevant Publications and Presentations; Index.

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