Laura Harrison is Associate Professor in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She is the author of Brown Bodies, White Babies: The Politics of Cross-Racial Surrogacy.

"[A] refreshingly new take...add[ing] complexity to the well-trod feminist discussion..." (Signs) "Brown Bodies, White Babies reveals fresh insights on the politics of reproduction in the United States and globally by investigating the racialized and gendered meanings of kinship in the context of cross-racial gestational surrogacy when a surrogate is not the same race as the intended parents. Despite surrogacys seemingly radical potential, Harrison brilliantly shows how these arrangements reinforce genetic determinism, white privilege, and the biological concept of race. An important and provocative contribution to critical analyses of assisted reproduction." - Dorothy Roberts,author of Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and The Meaning of Liberty "An indispensable contribution, this book historicizes the ideologies of race and racial transmission that cut through the heart of reproductive labor right from wet nursing in the emergent American colonies to present-day cross-racial surrogacy. A must-read for any student of reproductive justice." - Sharmila Rudrappa,author of Discounted Life: The Price of Global Surrogacy in India "In a refreshingly clear, engaging, jargon-free voice, Harrison introduces readers to the role of race in the discourse surrounding surrogacy in the United States. Her interdisciplinary, qualitative analysis of cross-racial surrogacy in popular media, legal cases and on websites provides an important addition to the sociology and anthropology of reproduction." - Elly Teman,author of Birthing a Mother: The Surrogate Body and the Pregnant Self "Laura Harrisons bookBrown Bodies, White Babies: The Politics of Cross-Racial Surrogacyprovides readers with a comprehensive and insightful analysis of surrogacy using both intersectional theory and discourse analysis, before concluding with a call for activism and engagement." (Hypatia Reviews)

Laura Harrison is Associate Professor in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She is the author of Brown Bodies, White Babies: The Politics of Cross-Racial Surrogacy.

"[A] refreshingly new take...add[ing] complexity to the well-trod feminist discussion..." (Signs) "Brown Bodies, White Babies reveals fresh insights on the politics of reproduction in the United States and globally by investigating the racialized and gendered meanings of kinship in the context of cross-racial gestational surrogacy when a surrogate is not the same race as the intended parents. Despite surrogacys seemingly radical potential, Harrison brilliantly shows how these arrangements reinforce genetic determinism, white privilege, and the biological concept of race. An important and provocative contribution to critical analyses of assisted reproduction." - Dorothy Roberts,author of Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and The Meaning of Liberty "An indispensable contribution, this book historicizes the ideologies of race and racial transmission that cut through the heart of reproductive labor right from wet nursing in the emergent American colonies to present-day cross-racial surrogacy. A must-read for any student of reproductive justice." - Sharmila Rudrappa,author of Discounted Life: The Price of Global Surrogacy in India "In a refreshingly clear, engaging, jargon-free voice, Harrison introduces readers to the role of race in the discourse surrounding surrogacy in the United States. Her interdisciplinary, qualitative analysis of cross-racial surrogacy in popular media, legal cases and on websites provides an important addition to the sociology and anthropology of reproduction." - Elly Teman,author of Birthing a Mother: The Surrogate Body and the Pregnant Self "Laura Harrisons bookBrown Bodies, White Babies: The Politics of Cross-Racial Surrogacyprovides readers with a comprehensive and insightful analysis of surrogacy using both intersectional theory and discourse analysis, before concluding with a call for activism and engagement." (Hypatia Reviews)