Recentering Labor in the Egg Donation Bioeconomy: Egg Donors' (Re)productive Work and Subjectification in Spain.

IF 1.5 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY Medical Anthropology Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI:10.1080/01459740.2023.2263806

Anna Molas

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Abstract

In 2019, Spanish fertility clinics reached a historical record of ova extractions. A total of 14,521 surgeries were performed to serve the growing egg demand internationally. Here I show how bringing a cycle to completion is not an easy task for egg donors. Selecting a clinic, understanding their own biocapital in the industry and how to invest it, fitting the cycle into their lives, and managing pain and emotions become crucial parts of their work. I argue that these activities constitute a vast amount of labor that, although essential for the generation of value in reproductive bioeconomies, remains invisible and undertheorized.

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卵子捐赠生物经济中的再输入劳动：西班牙卵子捐赠者的（再）生产工作和主体化。

2019年，西班牙生育诊所创下了提取卵子的历史记录。为满足国际上日益增长的卵子需求，共进行了14521次手术。在这里，我展示了完成一个周期对卵子捐献者来说不是一项容易的任务。选择一家诊所，了解他们自己在行业中的生物资本以及如何投资，将周期融入他们的生活，以及管理疼痛和情绪，都是他们工作的关键部分。我认为，这些活动构成了大量的劳动，尽管这些劳动对生殖生物经济学的价值产生至关重要，但仍然是无形的和理论化的。

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Medical Anthropology Multiple-

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4.10

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4.30%

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期刊介绍： Medical Anthropology provides a global forum for scholarly articles on the social patterns of ill-health and disease transmission, and experiences of and knowledge about health, illness and wellbeing. These include the nature, organization and movement of peoples, technologies and treatments, and how inequalities pattern access to these. Articles published in the journal showcase the theoretical sophistication, methodological soundness and ethnographic richness of contemporary medical anthropology. Through the publication of empirical articles and editorials, we encourage our authors and readers to engage critically with the key debates of our time. Medical Anthropology invites manuscripts on a wide range of topics, reflecting the diversity and the expanding interests and concerns of researchers in the field.