4. Manufacturing the Perfect Mother-Worker

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Introduction: Wombs In Labor 1
5. 2. Pro-Natal Technologies in an Anti-Natal State 26
6. 3. When the Fish Talk about the Water 37
7. 4. Manufacturing the Perfect Mother-Worker 64
8. 5. Everyday Divinities and God’S Labor 84
9. 6. Embodied Labor and Neo-Eugenics 104
10. 7. Disposable Workers and Dirty Labor 128
11. 8. Disposable Mothers and Kin Labor 143
12. 9. Conclusion 166
13. Epilogue: Did the “Sperm on a Rickshaw” Save the Third World? 187
14. Appendix A. Selected Clauses from the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Regulation) Draft Bill, 2010 195
15. Appendix B. Consent Form to Be Signed by Surrogates 201
16. Appendix C. Descriptive Tables 205
17. Notes 211
18. Works Cited 223
19. Index 237