Johanna Gondouin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4142050 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johanna Gondouin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Gondouin |
| SIGNATURE | GONDOUIN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-0141-6886 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Commercial egg extraction and the discourse on empowerment/exploitation in India
In this article, we analyse Indian mass media reportage and ethnographic research findings from participants in commercial egg extraction procedures within assisted reproductive technologies, including egg donation and egg freezing or oocyte cryopreservation. In contrast to egg freezing, egg donation requires compensation to be paid to the donor for her contribution. The commercial egg extraction industry in India is dependent upon women willing …
(Un)Desired Families
The assisted reproductive technology (ART) industry, along with national biopolitical agendas, have contributed to a reconfiguring of the historical entanglements of race and reproduction. In this article, we interrogate this phenomenon by exploring the practice of gestational surrogacy through the lens of racial capitalism. Focusing on surrogates in India and intended parents in Sweden — parties that represent opposite nodes in the “global ferti…
Chains of extraction
Since the early 2000s, India has been a world leading hub for cross border reproductive treatments, in particular surrogacy, with the nation positioning itself as the “mother destination” for transnational commercial surrogacy, offering “First world services at Third world prices”. State policies, lack of legal regulation, state of the art medical infrastructure and a steady supply of women ready to take on the role as surrogate mothers against m…
There are two sides to everything”
Vulnerability is a pivotal concept for understanding transnational commercial surrogacy and the ethics of reproductive travel. While implicitly recognizing vulnerability as important, existing scholarship falls short of understanding the dynamism of vulnerability. Placing our empirical analysis in conjunction with the rich theoretical literature on this concept, we explore vulnerability in surrogacy arrangements in India as a “mode of openness,” …
Moderland utan kvinnor
This article offers a critical analysis of Manish Jha’s debut feature film Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (2003). The movie offers a dystopic vision of a near future when the systematic killing of new born females would leave villages and its surroundings with no women in it at all. Referring to this phenomenon as ‘bachelor villages’, scholars have identified this as an emerging social problem with wide far-reaching implications for gender r…
Indian “Native Companions” and Korean Camptown Women
The article argues that transnational adoption and surrogacy from South Korea and India are shaped through US and British imperial and colonial histories in Korea and India respectively. We focus on the reproductive labor of “native companions” in early British India and kijich’on (camptown) women in post–World War II Korea. The management of native women’s sexuality was crucial for maintaining social order, political stability, and for consolida…
White vulnerability and the politics of reproduction in Top of the Lake
This chapter analyses the racial and emotional dynamics in the acclaimed crime series Top of the Lake: China Girl (Australia, Jane Campion, 2017), set in Sydney where Inspector Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) leads the murder case of an unidentified young Asian woman. Revolving around charged issues such as surrogacy, adoption and migrant sex workers, the series offers a rich and complex reflection on the current debate about the global division o…
There are two sides to everything”
Vulnerability is a pivotal concept for understanding transnational commercial surrogacy and the ethics of reproductive travel. While implicitly recognizing vulnerability as important, existing scholarship falls short of understanding the dynamism of vulnerability. Placing our empirical analysis in conjunction with the rich theoretical literature on this concept, we explore vulnerability in surrogacy arrangements in India as a “mode of openness,” …
White vulnerability and the politics of reproduction in Top of the Lake
This chapter analyses the racial and emotional dynamics in the acclaimed crime series Top of the Lake: China Girl (Australia, Jane Campion, 2017), set in Sydney where Inspector Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) leads the murder case of an unidentified young Asian woman. Revolving around charged issues such as surrogacy, adoption and migrant sex workers, the series offers a rich and complex reflection on the current debate about the global division o…
Indian “Native Companions” and Korean Camptown Women
The article argues that transnational adoption and surrogacy from South Korea and India are shaped through US and British imperial and colonial histories in Korea and India respectively. We focus on the reproductive labor of “native companions” in early British India and kijich’on (camptown) women in post–World War II Korea. The management of native women’s sexuality was crucial for maintaining social order, political stability, and for consolida…
There are two sides to everything”
Vulnerability is a pivotal concept for understanding transnational commercial surrogacy and the ethics of reproductive travel. While implicitly recognizing vulnerability as important, existing scholarship falls short of understanding the dynamism of vulnerability. Placing our empirical analysis in conjunction with the rich theoretical literature on this concept, we explore vulnerability in surrogacy arrangements in India as a “mode of openness,” …
Moderland utan kvinnor
This article offers a critical analysis of Manish Jha’s debut feature film Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (2003). The movie offers a dystopic vision of a near future when the systematic killing of new born females would leave villages and its surroundings with no women in it at all. Referring to this phenomenon as ‘bachelor villages’, scholars have identified this as an emerging social problem with wide far-reaching implications for gender r…
Chains of extraction
Since the early 2000s, India has been a world leading hub for cross border reproductive treatments, in particular surrogacy, with the nation positioning itself as the “mother destination” for transnational commercial surrogacy, offering “First world services at Third world prices”. State policies, lack of legal regulation, state of the art medical infrastructure and a steady supply of women ready to take on the role as surrogate mothers against m…
Commercial egg extraction and the discourse on empowerment/exploitation in India
In this article, we analyse Indian mass media reportage and ethnographic research findings from participants in commercial egg extraction procedures within assisted reproductive technologies, including egg donation and egg freezing or oocyte cryopreservation. In contrast to egg freezing, egg donation requires compensation to be paid to the donor for her contribution. The commercial egg extraction industry in India is dependent upon women willing …
(Un)Desired Families
The assisted reproductive technology (ART) industry, along with national biopolitical agendas, have contributed to a reconfiguring of the historical entanglements of race and reproduction. In this article, we interrogate this phenomenon by exploring the practice of gestational surrogacy through the lens of racial capitalism. Focusing on surrogates in India and intended parents in Sweden — parties that represent opposite nodes in the “global ferti…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works) · Capitalism (2 works) · Computer security (2 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)