Birthing a mother : the surrogate body and the pregnant self / Elly Teman.

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2010], ©2010.

xx, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Surrogate selves and embodied others -- The body map -- Operationalizing the body map -- Intended mothers and maternal intentions -- The shifting body -- Rites of classification -- The surrogate's gift -- The surrogate's mission -- The hero's quest.