Travelling Thai Surrogate Mothers: Required and Restricted Mobility in Transnational Surrogacy.

IF 1.5 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Medical Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-11-11 DOI:10.1080/01459740.2024.2424364

Elina Nilsson

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Abstract

In response to the changing landscape of transnational surrogacy, the industry has introduced flexible business models requiring women to move within and across borders to act as surrogate mothers. However, knowledge about their experiences remain vague, particularly concerning women traveling abroad under illegal conditions. Building upon interviews with Thai surrogate mothers, I demonstrate how their im/mobility reveals critical insights into labor conditions and power relations and is formed within the global reproductive industry as well as the specific national context. I also argue that the women's im/mobility and flexibility are central when making themselves bioavailable for the global surrogacy market.

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旅行的泰国代孕母亲：跨国代孕中的必要和受限流动。

为应对不断变化的跨国代孕形势，该行业引入了灵活的商业模式，要求妇女在境内外流动充当代孕母亲。然而，人们对她们的经历仍然知之甚少，尤其是在非法条件下出国的妇女。根据对泰国代孕母亲的访谈，我展示了她们的临时/流动性如何揭示了对劳动条件和权力关系的重要见解，以及如何在全球生殖产业和特定国家背景下形成的。我还论证了妇女的临时/流动性和灵活性在使自己成为全球代孕市场的生物可用性时的核心作用。

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Medical Anthropology Multiple-

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4.10

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4.30%

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