Title: Tale of Two Surrogates : A Graphic Narrative on Assisted Reproduction
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Publication Date: 2025
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0271098856
ISBN 13: 9780271098852
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: Scebba, Andrea
Condition: As New

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A Tale of Two Surrogates explores the complicated emotional, medical, legal, and ethical issues surrounding assisted reproduction. Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research conducted by a sociologist and an anthropologist, this book presents, in an accessible graphic novel format, the intertwined stories of two fictional women who decide to become gestational surrogates. It immerses the reader in the worlds of Jenn, from California, and Dana, from Tel Aviv, as they decide to become surrogates and make sense of the process, involve their families, and manage their relationships with the intended parents. The experiences of these composite characters highlight various paths, interpretations, and experiences that are common in surrogacy. Interspersed throughout the narrative are short interludes that depict surrogacy in other countries, putting the stories of Dana and Jenn in a more global context.

With a substantial scholarly apparatus, including a discussion guide and suggestions for further reading, this entertaining graphic narrative is an excellent tool for classes in graphic medicine, medical ethics, gender and family studies, and medical anthropology. It also offers valuable perspective to anyone involved in the surrogacy process―not only surrogates and intended parents but also medical providers, lawyers, legislators, and family members.

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Elly Teman is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Ruppin Academic Center in Israel and the author of Birthing a Mother: The Surrogate Body and the Pregnant Self.

Zsuzsa Berend teaches sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of The Online World of Surrogacy.

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