Lost in Narratives of Identity
The Predicament of Surrogates in Thailand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17814286 |
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| Authors | Yuqing Li (0000-0003-3533-365X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 157-171 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1937-4577 • E-ISSN: 1937-4585 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/ijfab.12.1.09 |
| OpenAlex | W2916228329 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Commercial surrogacy used to be booming business in Thailand, but our understanding of local surrogates remains vague. This article conducts textual analysis on interviews and statistical analysis on related comments from internet forums to identify narratives and ethical beliefs about surrogacy among surrogates, their families, and their society in Thailand. Traditional narratives of collective bioethics, which consider longer temporalities, tend to overlook individual surrogates. This omission makes it difficult to respect surrogates’ individual identities. They get lost in narratives of being surrogates. In this light, the concept of “civilized bodies” can help us understand the shame feelings sometimes associated with surrogacy
Aesthetics · Bioethics · Feeling · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Political science · Shame · Sociology · Temporalities · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology
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| Highly cited | No |
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