Cuerpos en disputa. Discurso y ficción entre mujeres que gestan para otros en México

Abstract

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