From computer support and hotel reservations to laboratory results and radiographic interpretations, it seems everything can be outsourced in our globalized world. One would not think so with parenthood, however, especially motherhood, as it is a fundamental activity humans have historically preserved as personal and private. In our modern age, however, the advent and accessibility of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and the ease with which they have traversed global borders, has fundamentally altered the meaning of childbearing and parenting. In the twenty-first century, parenthood...
From computer support and hotel reservations to laboratory results and radiographic interpretations, it seems everything can be outsourced in our glob...
In "Fire Girl," her debut collection of essays, Sayantani Dasgupta examines her personal story against the history, religion, popular culture and mythology of South Asia and her current home in the American West.
Praise for "Fire Girl"
These are exquisite essays, filled with savory language spiced just right. Sayantani Dasgupta's generous intelligence and lively curiosity bring alive whole worlds-those of ancient stories and those of daily living, artfully considered. Cultures, languages, religions, landscapes, legacies-this is a writer who contains multitudes. -Peggy Shumaker,...
In "Fire Girl," her debut collection of essays, Sayantani Dasgupta examines her personal story against the history, religion, popular culture and m...