LEADER 03979nam 2200937z- 450 001 9910557782503321 005 20231214133115.0 035 $a(CKB)5400000000045564 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68593 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000045564 100 $a20202105d2020 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAdoption Experiences and the Tracing and Narration of Family Genealogies 210 $aBasel, Switzerland$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2020 215 $a1 electronic resource (160 p.) 311 $a3-03928-718-4 311 $a3-03928-719-2 330 $aThis edited collection explores the linkages between adoption and genealogy. With its inevitable genealogical disruptions, adoption offers many interesting avenues to explore a range of psychosocial phenomena. Through both conventional research and means such as creative writing, literary criticism, and media analysis, contributors offer wide ranging perspectives on the key questions of genealogy in adoption. They do this in varied ways, reflecting different theoretical approaches and focal points on those impacted by adoption. Core issues include those of kinship, identity, and belonging. Within adoption, these link not only to personal and interpersonal experiences and relationships, but also to intersections with the workings of class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and nation (the latter two are often captured in debates regarding transracial and international adoption). Many important sites and modes of practice are highlighted, such as adoption searches and reunions, openness, access to records, and the community activism that is related to these activities. Although these have long histories, they have also been evolving with the growing importance of social media, online genealogical tools, and DNA testing. Reproductive technologies have similarly evolved, and questions relating to genealogy in adoption are mirrored in relation to donor-assisted conceptions. All these important and intriguing issues are addressed in this volume. 606 $aPhilosophy$2bicssc 610 $aadoption 610 $asearch memoir 610 $aidentity 610 $aadoptive parents 610 $aclass 610 $ashame 610 $asecrecy 610 $abirthmother 610 $aorphanage 610 $aIrishness 610 $aimmigration 610 $aJeremy Harding 610 $aLori Jakiela 610 $aBelonging 610 $aIntercountry adoption 610 $aChina 610 $aNarratives 610 $aGenealogy 610 $areunion 610 $aautobiography 610 $amemoir 610 $aembryo donation 610 $aopen-contact adoption 610 $agenealogy 610 $agenograms 610 $afamily relationships 610 $akinship 610 $aqualitative research methods 610 $abelonging 610 $aroots 610 $apower 610 $anature 610 $anurture 610 $areproductive justice 610 $alegitimacy 610 $aillegitimacy 610 $atransnational adoption 610 $areunification 610 $aAfrican American 610 $aGermany 610 $aBlack German 610 $aAfro-German 610 $aAfrogerman 610 $aAfrodeutsch 610 $aadoption reunions 610 $aparenting 610 $aattachment 610 $aworking-class 610 $agenealogical bewilderment 610 $aethnicity 610 $aintercountry 615 7$aPhilosophy 700 $aKirton$b Derek$4edt$01138299 702 $aKirton$b Derek$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910557782503321 996 $aAdoption Experiences and the Tracing and Narration of Family Genealogies$93038993 997 $aUNINA