A Tale of Two Surrogates: A Graphic Narrative on Assisted Reproduction (Graphic Medicine) - Hardcover

Teman, Elly; Berend, Zsuzsa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0271098848 ISBN 13: 9780271098845

Verlag: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

A Tale of Two Surrogates explores the complicated emotional, medical, legal, and ethical issues surrounding assisted reproduction. Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research conducted by a sociologist and an anthropologist, this book presents, in an accessible graphic novel format, the intertwined stories of two fictional women who decide to become gestational surrogates. It immerses the reader in the worlds of Jenn, from California, and Dana, from Tel Aviv, as they decide to become surrogates and make sense of the process, involve their families, and manage their relationships with the intended parents. The experiences of these composite characters highlight various paths, interpretations, and experiences that are common in surrogacy. Interspersed throughout the narrative are short interludes that depict surrogacy in other countries, putting the stories of Dana and Jenn in a more global context.

With a substantial scholarly apparatus, including a discussion guide and suggestions for further reading, this entertaining graphic narrative is an excellent tool for classes in graphic medicine, medical ethics, gender and family studies, and medical anthropology. It also offers valuable perspective to anyone involved in the surrogacy process--not only surrogates and intended parents but also medical providers, lawyers, legislators, and family members.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Elly Teman is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Ruppin Academic Center in Israel and the author of Birthing a Mother: The Surrogate Body and the Pregnant Self.

Zsuzsa Berend teaches sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of The Online World of Surrogacy.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0271098848
• ISBN 13: 9780271098845
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Zeichner: Scebba Andrea
• Anzahl der Seiten: 189
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland