Screen LibraryGlobal families, inequality and transnational adoption : the de-kinning of first mothers /
This book looks at the simultaneous processes of making and un-making of families that are part of the adoption practice. Whereas most studies on transnational adoption concentrate on the adoptive family, the author identifies not only the happy occasion when a family gains a child, but also the sor...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life
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| Summary: |
This book looks at the simultaneous processes of making and un-making of families that are part of the adoption practice. Whereas most studies on transnational adoption concentrate on the adoptive family, the author identifies not only the happy occasion when a family gains a child, but also the sorrow and loss of the child to its family of origin. Situating transnational adoption in the context of the Global North-South divide, Hogbacka investigates the devastating effects of unequal life chances and asymmetrical power relations on the adoption process and on the mothers whose children are |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 282 pages : forms ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-270) and index. |
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9781137524744 (hardback) : 113752474X (hardback) |
| Index Number: | HV875 |
| CLC: | C913.11 |
| Call Number: | C913.11/H715 |
| Contents: | Introduction: The global in the family -- Adoption and family in the global north and south -- The making of the adoptive family: choosing family -- The un-making of the family of origin: adoption social workers as intermediaries -- First mothers' stunted choices -- Inequality among first mothers: the power of resources -- Re-making family: the struggle over belonging -- Contact over time -- Conclusion: re-kinning first families. |