RT Journal Article
T1 Bridging reproductive and productive work: the case of surrogates in California
T2 Uniendo el trabajo reproductivo y el productivo: el caso de las gestantes por sustitución en California
A1 Ayala Rubio, Ariadna
A1 Álvarez Plaza, Consuelo
A1 Rivas Rivas, Ana María
A2 Routledge, 
AB In this article, we explore the perspectives of commercial gestational surrogates in California, USA. Women who gestate for others reveal themselves as important agents in the process of giving meaning and cultural legitimacy to their practice, thus demonstrating their capacity to act in their own interest and resignify their work in their own terms. To them, surrogacy is more than wage labor. They assert the importance of their experience as a source of professional skills, downplaying its monetary value and placing it within favorable moral frameworks, thus finding cultural legitimacy. In doing so, they bridge the divide between traditional female reproductive work (unpaid emotional, relational, and care work) and productive work (paid professional work in the public sphere). They achieve this without subverting the underlying values of western kinship. The results shed light on employability and entrepreneurship of surrogates in the fertility industry of California.
PB Routledge
YR 2024
FD 2024-06-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/110546
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/110546
LA eng
NO Ayala, A., Álvarez Plaza, C., & Rivas, A. M. (2024). Bridging Reproductive and Productive Work: The Case of Surrogates in California. Medical Anthropology, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2024.2364244
DS Docta Complutense
RD 11 abr 2025