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Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption, 1st ed. 2016
The De-Kinning of First Mothers
Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life Series
Author: Högbacka Riitta
Language: EnglishSubject for Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption:
Publication date: 11-2020
282 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Paperback
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1. Introduction: the global in the family.- 2. Adoption and family in the Global North and South.- 3. The making of the adoptive family: choosing family.- 4. The un-making of the family of origin: adoption social workers as intermediaries.- 5. First mothers’ stunted choices.- 6. Inequality among first mothers: the power of resources.- 7. Re-making family: the struggle over belonging.- 8. Contact over time.- 9. Conclusion: re-kinning first mothers
Riitta Högbacka is Lecturer in the Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland.