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From biopolitics to bioeconomies: The ART of (re-)producing white futures in Mexico's surrogacy market

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Schurr, Carolin·2017·Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
DOI 10.1177/0263775816638851
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Reproduction has been the privileged site of post-colonial eugenic politics through which the future national body is regulated in racial terms. Nikolas Rose argues that new forms of liberal eugenics have replaced traditional state biopolitics. In the current bioeconomy, it is no longer the state but active consumers that make (racialized) reproductive choices. The market of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in Mexico serves as an empirical case to argue that the liberal eugenics practiced in this market recasts rather than replaces traditional state biopolitics. This becomes evident in (1) the racialized access to surrogacy programs in Mexico and (2) in giving higher value to white sex cells, while (3) devaluing the genetic traits of non-white women through the selection and classification processes of reproductive laborers. Analyzing the transnational geographies of surrogacy markets in Mexico, the article investigates how future bodies are whitened through biomedical practices and consumer choices that are shaped by and simultaneously reinforce (post-)colonial imaginaries of white desirability.

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Figure 1 . Figure 1. Advertising gay surrogacy in Mexico.
Figure 1 . Figure 1. Advertising gay surrogacy in Mexico.CC-BY-NC · From the PDF
Figure 2 . Figure 2. Private hospital Angeles in Mexico City where fertility clinic is located.
Figure 2 . Figure 2. Private hospital Angeles in Mexico City where fertility clinic is located.CC-BY-NC · From the PDF
Figure 3 . Figure 3. Hospital Angeles in Villahermosa where fertility clinics is located.
Figure 3 . Figure 3. Hospital Angeles in Villahermosa where fertility clinics is located.CC-BY-NC · From the PDF
Figure 4 . Figure 4. Advertisement of a fertility clinic in Cancun: Looking for the perfect (white) egg donor.
Figure 4 . Figure 4. Advertisement of a fertility clinic in Cancun: Looking for the perfect (white) egg donor.CC-BY-NC · From the PDF
Figure 5 . Figure 5. Looking for the perfect donor on Facebook.
Figure 5 . Figure 5. Looking for the perfect donor on Facebook.CC-BY-NC · From the PDF
Figure 6 . Figure 6. New Life's travelling donor program.
Figure 6 . Figure 6. New Life's travelling donor program.CC-BY-NC · From the PDF
Figure 7 . Figure 7. The agency 'Traveling donors' offering their service.
Figure 7 . Figure 7. The agency 'Traveling donors' offering their service.CC-BY-NC · From the PDF

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Authors
Schurr, C.
Affiliations
University of Zurich (CH)
Corresponding author
Schurr, Carolin
Venue
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2016-07-26
Volume
35
Issue
2
Pages
241-262
ISSN
  • 0263-7758 (ISSN-L)
  • 1472-3433
DOI
10.1177/0263775816638851
OpenAlex
W2322965022
Cited by
91
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1
FWCI
8.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
  • cc-by-nc
  • journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Environment and Planning D Society and Space (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Alexandria (UniSG) (University of St.Gallen) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Gender, Health, and Social Inequality
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Bioethics and Human Rights Issues
Keywords
surrogacy, assisted reproduction, biopolitics, bioeconomy, liberal eugenics, racialization, reproductive labor, reproductive choice, consumer choice, Mexico, postcolonial imaginary

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