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Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption
Riitta Hogbacka
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Description for Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 514.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137524744
SKU
V9781137524744
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About Riitta Hogbacka
Riitta Högbacka is Lecturer in the Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Reviews for Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption
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) ... Read more