The kinning of foreigners : transnational adoption in a global perspective /: transnational adoption in a global perspective. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Signe Howell.
• Other Names: Howell, Signe
• Contents: Desire and rights : transnational movement of substances and concepts -- A changing world of families : an overview -- Kinship with strangers : values and practices of adoption -- Kinning and transubstantiation : Norwegianisation of adoptees -- Expert knowledge : the role of psychology in adoption discourses -- Who am I, then? Adoptees' perspectives on identity and ethnicity -- Benevolent control : adoption legislation in the USA and Norway -- Benevolent control : international treaties on adoption -- Expert knowledge : global and local adoption discourses in India, Ethiopia, China and Romania -- In conclusion: To kin a foreign child.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (276 pages)
• Subjects: 362.734; Intercountry adoption; Intercountry adoption -- Norway; Kinship; Intercountry adoption; Kinship; Adoptie; Allochtonen; Internationale aspecten; Adoption; Ausländisches Kind; Adoption internationale -- Norvège -- Études comparatives; Adoption internationale -- Études comparatives; Parenté -- Norvège -- Études comparatives; Parenté -- Études comparatives; Adoption; Ausländisches Kind; Norway
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782382058; 1782382054
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.