Exploring Swedish International Adoption Desire : Transracial Bodies and Nation-Building in the 'Goodest' Country

• Autore: Wyver Richey
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Intercountry adoption; Interracial adoption
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1: Introduction: Exploring Swedish Adoption Desire -- The Adopting Nation -- Goodness Questioned -- Exploring Swedish Adoption Desire -- Research and Resistance -- Outline -- References -- 2: Race, Colonialism, Eugenics, and International Adoption in Sweden -- Challenging the Myths of Swedish Exceptionalism -- Race Biology, Race Hygiene, and Eugenics -- "The Whitest of the White": Shared Belief in a Superior Swedish/Nordic Race and the Fear of Degeneration -- 1930s-1975: Eugenics in Practice -- The Post-WWII "Colour-Blind Turn": The Domestication of Swedish National Identity -- International Adoption in Sweden -- Stages of International Adoption -- The Pioneers and "Naivists" -- Opening the Adoption Market -- Peak Years… And a Steady Decline -- From a Goodness Discourse to a Rights Discourse -- Present Situation -- Colonial Amnesia and Swedish Exceptionalism -- References -- 3: From Flat-Packed Furniture to Fascism: Transracial Adoptees in Myths of Swedish Goodness -- Adoption and the Rise and Fall of Swedish Goodness -- Good and Evil White Nationalists -- IKEA: Good White Nationalists? -- The Sweden Democrats: Evil White Nationalists? -- Comparing the Campaigns -- References -- 4: Eating the [M]Other: Consumption Fantasies in Swedish Adoption Narratives -- Eating the Other -- Adoption Texts -- Food Race Metaphors in a Colour-Blind Discourse -- Smooth and Coffee Coloured -- "The African Blood Pumps Through My Veins" -- Awakening Primordial Senses -- Reinforcing White Supremacist Patriarchal Structures -- References -- 5: "Too Brown to Be Swedish, Too Swedish to Be Anything Else": Mimicry and Menace in Swedish Adoption Narratives -- Mimicry -- Mimicry and the Swedish Adoptee -- Desired for a Difference That Is Almost the Same -- In-Between -- Hyper-Visibility. ; 100% Swedes: Excess and Disavowal -- Mimicry As Resistance? -- References -- 6: Representation and Resistance: Challenging Swedish Adoption Desire -- Myth -- The Chile-Sweden Adoption Scandal -- "No Más Silencio!" -- International Reporting -- Language as Resistance -- Fingerprints, Crime, and Punishment -- Myth and the Adoptee Body -- Disrupting Myth-Level Representation? -- Adopters -- Exnomination: Silences of Power -- The Privation of History -- The Inoculation of Evil: One Bad Apple -- The Passing of Good Sweden? -- References -- 7: Conclusion -- Summary -- Introduction: Exploring Swedish Adoption Desire -- Race, Colonialism, Eugenics, and International Adoption -- From Flat-Packed Furniture to Fascism: Transracial Adoptees in Myths of Swedish Goodness -- Eating the (M)Other: Consumption Fantasies in Swedish Adoption Narratives -- Too Brown to Be Swedish, Too Swedish to Be Anything Else: Mimicry and Menace in Swedish Adoption Narratives -- Representation and Resistance: Challenging Swedish Adoption Desire -- Overall Conclusion -- Resistance -- Reflections on the Future of Adoption and Critical Adoption Research -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book by Richey Wyver critically examines transnational adoption in Sweden, a country known for its high rates of international adoptions, particularly from the Global South. It challenges the prevailing narrative that such adoptions are inherently beneficial and anti-racist. Instead, the book highlights the exploitation and racial dynamics involved, portraying adoptees as symbols of racial harmony while being treated as exotic others. The work serves as a postcolonial critique, exploring themes of racism, colonialism, and national identity within the context of Swedish adoption practices. It aims to provide a nuanced understanding of how these adoptions influence perceptions of race and identity in Sweden. The intended audience includes scholars and students of sociology, race studies, and adoption, as well as policymakers and individuals interested in the socio-political implications of adoption.
• Titolo autorizzato: Exploring Swedish International Adoption Desire
• ISBN: 9783031388019; 3031388011
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910768435403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II