Abstract

OLAVARRIA, María Eugenia. Bodies in Dispute Discourse and fiction among Mexican surrogates. Alteridades [online]. 2023, vol.33, n.66, pp.47-57.  Epub Dec 01, 2023. ISSN 2448-850X.  https://doi.org/10.24275/kkei7221.

In this article, I explore ethnographically and interpretively the meanings of the body that are activated in surrogacy processes. I present the discourses that are displayed in favor of or against this practice in Mexico and show how these discourses are confronted with the customary uses that Surrogates mobilize. Beyond bodily synecdoche -belly, uterus- and technological tropes -oven, incubator- or animalistic -stork bird-, this article proposes a comparative and reflective perspective that matches surrogacy (developed mostly by cis women) with other métiers du corps.

Keywords : surrogacy; feminisms; bioeconomy; gamete donation; assisted reproductive technologies ART; cyborg.

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