Birthing a Mother : The Surrogate Body and the Pregnant Self

This Is An Ethnography Which Probes The Intimate Experience Of Gestational Surrogate Motherhood. Teman Shows How Surrogates And Intended Mothers Carefully Negotiate Their Cooperative Endeavour. Birthing A Mother Is The First Ethnography To Probe The Intimate Experience Of Gestational Surrogate Motherhood. In This Beautifully Written And Insightful Book, Elly Teman Shows How Surrogates And Intended Mothers Carefully Negotiate Their Cooperative Endeavor. Drawing On Anthropological Fieldwork Among Jewish Israeli Women, Interspersed With Cross-cultural Perspectives Of Surrogacy In The Global Context, Teman Traces The Processes By Which Surrogates Relinquish Any Maternal Claim To The Baby Even As Intended Mothers Accomplish A Complicated Transition To Motherhood. Teman's Groundbreaking Analysis Reveals That As Surrogates Psychologically And Emotionally Disengage From The Fetus They Carry, They Develop A Profound And Lasting Bond With The Intended Mother.--publisher Description. Surrogate Selves And Embodied Others -- The Body Map -- Operationalizing The Body Map -- Intended Mothers And Maternal Intentions -- The Shifting Body -- Rites Of Classification -- The Surrogate's Gift -- The Surrogate's Mission -- The Hero's Quest. Elly Teman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue: Yael Introduction Part One: Dividing 1. Surrogate Selves and Embodied Others 2. The Body Map 3. Operationalizing the Body Map Part Two: Connecting 4. Intended Mothers and Maternal Intentions 5. The Shifting Body Part Three: Separating 6. Rites of Classification 7. The Surrogate's Gift Part Four: Redefining 8. The Surrogate's Mission 9. The Hero's Quest Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index