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| Montag: 16:15 - 17:45, wöchentlich (ab 25.04.2022), Ort: V03 2-A215 |
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| Die Veranstaltung wird in englischer Sprache gehalten. Sichere Beherrschung des Englischen auf dem CEF-Niveau C1 ist erforderlich. |
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| In the last two decades, assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have not only been massively on the rise, they have also engendered controversial debates about the substantial inequalities regarding both the access to and the distribution of the costs and risks of scientific innovations in the field of reproduction. This holds particularly true for the surrogacy industry: especially in its transnational commercial form, surrogacy illustrates the intricate link between reproductive technologies, reproductive justice and social inequality in times of biocapitalist globalisation. In this seminar, we will analyse three novels which negotiate commercial surrogacy. While Kishwar Desai’s Origins of Love (2013) and Meera Syal’s The House of Hidden Mothers (2015) depict transnational commercial surrogacy in India, Filipina-American writer Joanne Ramos’ debut novel The Farm (2019) reimagines existing surrogacy sites as a luxury surrogacy facility in the United States. In order to approach these fictional texts, we will combine close readings with readings of feminist and postcolonial theory on reproduction and surrogacy. On this basis, we will engage in discussions about the aesthetic and ideological dimensions of commercial surrogacy, and we will reflect on the interplay between representational aspects and concepts such as heteronormativity, stratified reproduction, natalism and childlessness. |
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