Commercial surrogacy in India: Manufacturing a perfect mother-worker

Signs

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 969-992

  Pande, Amrita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 77953013910     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651043     Document Type: Article

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