The phenomenon of transnational adoption is changing in the age of globalization and biotechnology. In Legitimating Life, Sonja van Wichelen boldly describes how contemporary justifications of cross-border adoption navigate between child welfare, humanitarianism, family making, …
This book is an ethnographic study of China/U.S. adoption, the largest contemporary intercountry adoption program.
This book is an ethnographic study of China/U.S. adoption, the largest contemporary intercountry adoption program.
"International adoptions are both high-profile and controversial, with the celebrity adoptions and critically acclaimed movies such as Casa de los babys of recent years increasing media coverage and influencing public opinion. Neither celebrating nor condemning cross-cultural ad…
Increasing steadily in developed nations during the last several decades, intercountry adoption (ICA) brings unique challenges to the family system during role transition to parenthood. The fundamental change for women during and following ICA is the process of and transition to…