Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption: The De-Kinning of First Mothers

by Riitta Hogbacka and Riitta Högbacka

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349706949
• ISBN13: 9781349706945
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"