About Biopolitics and Biothecnology: Surrogate Motherhood in India

Authors

  • Mónica Amador Jiménez Centro de Estudios de Política Científica / Universidad Jawaharlal Nehru India

Abstract

The present article is an attempt to analyze the impacts of assisted reproduction through biotechnological interventions like surrogate motherhood. The site of study is the Indian city of Hyderabad, now known as Genome Valley for its important in the arena of research and development for Biotechnology in the Country. This article will use and explore foucaultian concepts such as Biopolitics and Guvernmentality, in order to study the relationship between science, state and gender, as well as in the context of the reflections of Donna Haraway about Cyborg to analyze the impacts of assisted reproduction in gender relations in India, finally it is important to mention that the document has been inspired by the perspective of the feminist writer Gayatri Spivak, who invites us to problematize our understanding about circuits of power relations framing it according to multiplicity and paradoxical tensions, appropriations, re-interpretations and continuities in the context of the current hegemonic sexgender system, Indian colonial experience and the globalization as is lived in India

Keywords:

Surrogate motherhood, Biotechnology, Women, India