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Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption - The De-Kinning of First Mothers (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption - The De-Kinning of First Mothers (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
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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 adopted. Based on unique primary material gathered in
in-depth interviews with South African families of origin and
Finnish adoptive families, the book investigates the
decision-making processes of both sets of parents and the
encounters between them. The first mothers' narratives are
juxtaposed with those of the adopters and of the adoption social
workers who act on the principles of the wider adoption system.
Concluding with a critique of the Global Northism that exemplifies
current practices, Hogbacka sketches the contours of a more just
approach to transnational adoption that would shatter rather than
perpetuate inequality. The book can also be read as an expose of
the consequences of current inequalities for poor families. Global
Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption will be of interest
to students and scholars of adoption studies, family and kinship,
sociology, anthropology, social work and development.
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