Overview
- Brings together the motivations, understandings and concerns of adoption in the broader context of social and economic transformations
- Presents rich ethnographic data from interviews with both birth families and adoptive families
- Forefronts this topic's oft-neglected sociological perspective
Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life (PSFL)
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Reviews
“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)
“This well-written, informative book reports the author’s comprehensive examination of the experienced joys and challenges of transnational adoption. ... Högbacka creates one of the most authentic analyses of the dynamics of international adoption ever written. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries.” (J. C. Altman, Choice, Vol. 55 (2), October, 2017)
“This provocative examination of transnational adoption breaks new ground with a nuanced analysis of how agency and power shape the adoption process. Based on interviews with black South African 'birth' or first mothers, Finnish adoptive parents, and South African social workers, Riitta Hogbacka provides a compelling account of the complex circumstances in which first mothers turn to transnational adoption as a way of caring for their children. A powerful exploration of the dynamics of inequality in transnational adoption, Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption: The De-Kinning of First Mothers is an important contribution to scholarship on adoption, debates about adoption policy, and research on the ways more inclusive approaches to family may transform adoption practice.” (Barbara Yngvesson, Hampshire College, USA)
“Riitta Hogbacka's new book cements the author's reputation as a critically important voice in contemporary adoption discourse. Hogbackaprovides some voices, perspectives, and situations of first mothers, which are juxtaposed to those of adoptive parents, underscoring the profound inequalities which form the contexts for transnational adoption. While focusing on transnational adoption, Hogbacka's work contributes to the growing impetus to reconceive adoption itself, by questioning the full severance model predominate in some legal systems, and describing contrasting cultural models of family and parentage. Hogbacka's work should set some of the premises and foundations for future adoption research practice and discourse.” (David Smolin, Samford University, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Riitta Högbacka is Lecturer in the Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption
Book Subtitle: The De-Kinning of First Mothers
Authors: Riitta Högbacka
Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52476-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52474-4Published: 30 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-70694-5Published: 04 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52476-8Published: 18 January 2017
Series ISSN: 2731-6440
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6459
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 282
Topics: Family, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Childhood, Adolescence and Society