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Introduction: adoption in the age of globalization and biotechnology -- The ethical market: between reproduction and humanitarianism -- Double movements: international law as transparency device -- Valuing bodies: somatic ethics in the biomedicalization of adoption -- Grievable lives: the adoptee and the child migrant -- Economies of return: openness, knowledge, relations -- Conclusion: legitimating life.

Arguing that in contemporary Indonesia, Muslim politics have worked with democratic principles, this book illustrates that debates on Islamic issues often relate to other central issues of politics and identity such as class dynamics, shifting ideas of femininity and masculinity, global consumerism and political power relations

The past few decades have seen growing interest in the study of the body. However, the increasing number of exciting and influential publications has primarily, if not exclusively, focused on the body in Western cultures. The various works produced by Asian scholars remain largely unknown to Western academic debates even though Asia is home to a host of rich body cultures and religions. The peoples of Asia have experienced colonization, decolonization, and now globalization, all of which make the 'body in Asia' a rewarding field of research. This unique volume brings together a number of scholars who work on East, Southeast and South Asia and presents original and cutting edge research on the body in various Asian cultures