Ashenden, Samantha (2018) Who is the 'real' mother? Replacement and the politics of surrogacy. In: Segal, Naomi and Owen, Jean (eds.) On Replacement: Cultural, Social and Psychological Representations. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 125-135. ISBN 9783319760100.
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Abstract
Book synopsis: This book is an interdisciplinary study of the human drama of replacement. Is one’s irreplaceability dependent on surrounding oneself by a replication of others? Is love intrinsically repetitious or built on a fantasy of uniqueness? The sense that a person’s value is blotted out if someone takes their place can be seen in the serial monogamy of our age and in the lives of ‘replacement children’ – children born into a family that has recently lost a child, whom they may even be named after. The book investigates various forms of replacement, including AI and doubling, incest and bedtricks, imposters and revenants, human rights and ‘surrogacy’, and intertextuality and adaptation. The authors highlight the emotions of betrayal, jealousy and desire both within and across generations. On Replacement consists of 24 essays divided into seven sections: What is replacement?, Law & society, Wayward women, Lost children, Replacement films, The Holocaust and Psychoanalysis. The book will appeal to anyone engaged in reading cultural and social representations of replacement.
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| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Additional Information: | This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available at the link above. |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Sam Ashenden |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Nov 2018 13:51 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:44 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/24461 |
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