Concluding Remarks: Kinship between Choice and Contestation

Authors

  • Yasmine Ergas Columbia University

Keywords:

reproductive tourism, adoption, surrogacy, kin work, assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), international commercial surrogacy, medical tourism, commodification, globalization

Abstract

The contributors to this thematic section show women and men negotiating reproduction and family relations in contexts marked by globalization, expanding commodification, assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and the assertion of women's right to determine their child-bearing. These factors operate synchronically to produce new markets. New forms of "kin work" emerge as familial bonds are imaginatively established and sundered. Commodification and connection are uneasily balanced when globalization simultaneously fosters new modes of kin-making and facilitates their rupture.

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Published

2015-04-30

How to Cite

Ergas, Y. (2015). Concluding Remarks: Kinship between Choice and Contestation. Anthropologica, 57(1), 77–81. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/496

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 1 (2015): Kinship Travel: Relatedness through International Tourism and Travel Networks

Section

Kinship Travel: Relatedness through International Tourism and Travel Networks

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Copyright (c) 2015 Yasmine Ergas

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