Belonging in an Adopted World - Race, Identity, and Transnational Adoption

Zusammenfassung Since the early 1990s, transnational adoptions have increased at an astonishing rate, not only in the United States, but worldwide. This title explores the consequences and implications of this unprecedented movement of children, usually from poor nations to the affluent West.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Yngvesson, Yngvesson Barbara
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2010
• EAN: 9780226964461
• ISBN: 978-0-226-96446-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society; Chicago Series in Law and Soci; Chicago Series in Law and Society; Chicago Series in Law and Soci
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Adoption & fostering, Adoption and fostering, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity