Riitta Högbacka

Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption (eBook, PDF)

The De-Kinning of First Mothers

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137524768
• Artikelnr.: 53151262

Autorenporträt

Inhaltsangabe

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1. Introduction: the global in the family.- 2. Adoption and family in the Global North and South.- 3. The making of the adoptive family: choosing family.- 4. The un-making of the family of origin: adoption social workers as intermediaries.- 5. First mothers' stunted choices.- 6. Inequality among first mothers: the power of resources.- 7. Re-making family: the struggle over belonging.- 8. Contact over time.- 9. Conclusion: re-kinning first mothers

Rezensionen

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2017

"Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption certainly represents a valuable contribution to the literature on transnational adoption, but in its methodology and framing, also offer insights into the workings of adoption more broadly." (Derek Kirton, Critical Social Policy, Vol. 38 (2), 2018)

"This well-written, informative book reports the author's comprehensive examination of the experienced joys and challenges of transnational adoption. ... Högbacka creates one of the most authentic analyses of the dynamics of international adoption ever written. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries." (J. C. Altman, Choice, Vol. 55 (2), October, 2017)