Holly Donahue Singh
Biographic Data
| ID | 94156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Holly Donahue Singh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Holly Donahue |
| FAMILY NAME | Singh |
| SIGNATURE | SINGH H D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6444-7587 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Individuals in the Numbers
t was never quite her decision.'I wasn't ready to be a mother, but it was impossible not to,' Hui (a pseudonym) said during our interview in 2016, not long after China's decades-long One-Child Policy ended.Her husband had made it clear to her that the 'DINK' (Double Income, No Kids) life-which Hui had long idealised and believed would ease the pressure of living in Beijing-was unacceptable to both him and his parents.From the moment Hui turned 25…
Numbering others
A Transnational Feminist View of Surrogacy Biomarkets in India. Sheela Saravanan, Singapore
Fertility Control
This article reappraises the link between fertility and women's status by examining changing means and meanings of reproduction in India. It is based on data gathered during and after 16 months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2005 and 2007 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, on social and cultural contexts of infertility. Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state. Historical views of population and fertil…
Patriarchy, Privilege, and Power
When an ethnographer's life is intimately enmeshed in the field through marriage or long-term partnership, what are the implications for ethnographic production? This article uses autoethnographic perspectives to engage issues of patriarchy, privilege, and power from fieldwork through the writing process. I argue that the power to represent these relationships must be examined to take anthropology beyond reflexivity to the realities of doing ethn…
The World's Back Womb
While transnational commercial surrogacy in India has recently attracted the attention of journalists and feminist scholars critical of a novel and particularly intimate example of labor outsourcing, surrogacy in India is not only about global inequalities. In this research report, I call attention to silences in the most well-known accounts of surrogacy to the persistent local inequalities that structure infertility treatment in general-and surr…
Poor and Pregnant in New Delhi, India by Helen Vallianatos
Fertility Control
This article reappraises the link between fertility and women's status by examining changing means and meanings of reproduction in India. It is based on data gathered during and after 16 months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2005 and 2007 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, on social and cultural contexts of infertility. Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state. Historical views of population and fertil…
Numbering others
The World's Back Womb
While transnational commercial surrogacy in India has recently attracted the attention of journalists and feminist scholars critical of a novel and particularly intimate example of labor outsourcing, surrogacy in India is not only about global inequalities. In this research report, I call attention to silences in the most well-known accounts of surrogacy to the persistent local inequalities that structure infertility treatment in general-and surr…
Patriarchy, Privilege, and Power
When an ethnographer's life is intimately enmeshed in the field through marriage or long-term partnership, what are the implications for ethnographic production? This article uses autoethnographic perspectives to engage issues of patriarchy, privilege, and power from fieldwork through the writing process. I argue that the power to represent these relationships must be examined to take anthropology beyond reflexivity to the realities of doing ethn…
Poor and Pregnant in New Delhi, India by Helen Vallianatos
The World's Back Womb
While transnational commercial surrogacy in India has recently attracted the attention of journalists and feminist scholars critical of a novel and particularly intimate example of labor outsourcing, surrogacy in India is not only about global inequalities. In this research report, I call attention to silences in the most well-known accounts of surrogacy to the persistent local inequalities that structure infertility treatment in general-and surr…
Patriarchy, Privilege, and Power
When an ethnographer's life is intimately enmeshed in the field through marriage or long-term partnership, what are the implications for ethnographic production? This article uses autoethnographic perspectives to engage issues of patriarchy, privilege, and power from fieldwork through the writing process. I argue that the power to represent these relationships must be examined to take anthropology beyond reflexivity to the realities of doing ethn…
Fertility Control
This article reappraises the link between fertility and women's status by examining changing means and meanings of reproduction in India. It is based on data gathered during and after 16 months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2005 and 2007 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, on social and cultural contexts of infertility. Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state. Historical views of population and fertil…
A Transnational Feminist View of Surrogacy Biomarkets in India. Sheela Saravanan, Singapore
Numbering others
The Individuals in the Numbers
t was never quite her decision.'I wasn't ready to be a mother, but it was impossible not to,' Hui (a pseudonym) said during our interview in 2016, not long after China's decades-long One-Child Policy ended.Her husband had made it clear to her that the 'DINK' (Double Income, No Kids) life-which Hui had long idealised and believed would ease the pressure of living in Beijing-was unacceptable to both him and his parents.From the moment Hui turned 25…
Sociology (6 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (3 works)