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A Responsible Worker and a Caring Mother: Experiences of Russian Commercial Surrogates

In: Infrastructure, Morality, Food and Clothing, and New Developments in Latin America

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  • Olga Doletskaya
  • Maria Denisova
  • Oksana Dorofeeva

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Russia is one of the few countries where surrogacy is both legal and regulated. Still, volatile legislation and the lack of public acceptance of the practice make surrogacy an experience that is hard to navigate. This chapter presents an exploration of the meanings Russian surrogates attach to their work, remuneration for it, and their relationships with intended parents. Drawing on 23 semi-structured interviews with surrogates, we find that while Russian surrogates frame surrogacy as a job and engage in calculations of a fair price for their services, they provide unrequited care for intended parents and their children and embed surrogacy in the context of their motherhood as a way to provide and care for their own children. In this, Russian surrogates occupy the typical position of a post-Soviet ‘mother-worker’.

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  • Olga Doletskaya & Maria Denisova & Oksana Dorofeeva, 2021. "A Responsible Worker and a Caring Mother: Experiences of Russian Commercial Surrogates," Research in Economic Anthropology, in: Infrastructure, Morality, Food and Clothing, and New Developments in Latin America, volume 41, pages 33-53, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:reanzz:s0190-128120210000041002
    DOI: 10.1108/S0190-128120210000041002
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