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Estye Fenton studies parents in the United States who adopted internationally in the past decade. She investigates the experiences of a cohort of adoptive mothers who were forced to negotiate their desire to be parents in the context of a growing societal awareness of international adoption as a flawed reproductive marketplace.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: International Adoption in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 3: “We’re on the Market Again”
Chapter 4: Parental Anxiety and Interwoven Decision-Making Surrounding Race, Health, and “Fitness”
Chapter 5: Murky Truths and Double-Binds
Chapter 6: The Reproductive Politics of International Adoption
Appendix: Methods and Sample Characteristics
Participant Biographies
References
About the author
ESTYE FENTON is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of West Alabama in Livingston.
Summary
Estye Fenton studies parents in the United States who adopted internationally in the past decade. She investigates the experiences of a cohort of adoptive mothers who were forced to negotiate their desire to be parents in the context of a growing societal awareness of international adoption as a flawed reproductive marketplace.
