Global Families, Inequality and Transnatio...

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

Riitta Högbacka is Lecturer in the Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Zusammenfassung

Brings together the motivations, understandings and concerns of adoption in the broader context of social and economic transformations

Presents rich ethnographic data from interviews with both birth families and adoptive families

Forefronts this topic's oft-neglected sociological perspective

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Genre:	Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	300
Reihe:	Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Inhalt:	xiii 282 S.
ISBN-13:	9781349706945
ISBN-10:	1349706949
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Högbacka, Riitta
Auflage:	1st ed. 2016
Hersteller:	Palgrave Macmillan UK Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Maße:	210 x 148 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Riitta Högbacka
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.11.2020
Gewicht:	0,391 kg

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