The kinning of foreigners : transnational adoption in a global perspective by Howell, Signe instant download

The kinning of foreigners : transnational adoption in a global perspective by Howell, Signe instant download

xvi, 255 pages : 23 cm, \"This book locates transnational adoption within a broad context of contemporary Western life and explores the many ambiguities and paradoxes that the practice entails. Based on empirical research from Norway, the author identifies three main themes for analysis: the perceived relationship between biology and sociality; the rise of expert knowledge in the understanding of 'the best interest of the child', and how the part played by the 'psychotechnocrats' effects national and international policy and practice of transnational adoption. The book is an original contribution to the anthropological study of kinship and globalisation.\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index, Desire and rights : transnational movement of substances and concepts -- A changing world of families : an overview -- Kinship with strangers : values and practices of adoption -- Kinning and transubstantiation : Norwegianisation of adoptees -- Expert knowledge : the role of psychology in adoption discourses -- Who am I, then? Adoptees' perspectives on identity and ethnicity -- Benevolent control : adoption legislation in the USA and Norway -- Benevolent control : international treaties on adoption -- Expert knowledge : global and local adoption discourses in India, Ethiopia, China and Romania -- In conclusion: To kin a foreign child