Nodes of Desire

Romanian Egg Sellers, `Dignity' and Feminist Alliances in Transnational Ova Exchanges

Bibliographic Data

ID12528014
AuthorsMichal Nahman (0000-0001-9933-5772, University of the West of England, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume15
Issue2
Pages65-82
Publication date2008-04-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Women s Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-5068 • E-ISSN: 1461-7420
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1350506807088068
OpenAlexW1992674088
LanguageEN
Citations received43
References cited26

This article presents qualitative research conducted in an Israeli ova `extraction' clinic in Romania. Following on from a piece written by Jyotsna Gupta and published in this journal in February 2006, this article asks what kinds of feminist alliances can or should be made in the arena of reproductive technologies. In conversation with Gupta, the author asks whether `an ethic of universal human dignity' is possible or desirable. This article looks to the voices of Romanian egg sellers themselves as a source of theoretical and political direction for transnational feminists who try to think about responses to reproductive technologies

Conversation · Dignity · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Reproductive technology · Romanian · Social science · Sociology · Communication · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Reproductive Health and Technologies