Essays about: "Richey Wyver"

Found 1 essay containing the words Richey Wyver.

  1. 1. Almost The Same, But Not Quite: Mimicry, Mockery and Menace in Swedish Transracial Adoption Narratives

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Richey Wyver; [2016]
    Keywords : Sweden; International adoption; Colonial Mimicry; Postcolonial Theory; Transnational -racial adoption; Narrative Analysis; Colonial Translation; Bhabha;

    Abstract : This study examines the role and implications of mimicry (Bhabha, 1994) and colonial trans-lation (Young, 2003) in Swedish adoption narratives. Through a deconstructive narrative analysis of three Swedish adoption texts: Längtansbarnen: Adoptivförädrar berättar [The Longed for/Longing Children: Adoptive parents tell their story] (Weigl, 1997), Adoption: Banden som gör oss till familj [Adoption: the ties that make us a family] (Juusela, 2010), and Gul Utanpå [Yellow on the Outside] (Lundberg, 2013); the study explores how mimicry manifests itself in adoption narratives, the process of the translation of the adoptee into a mimic Swede, and how the transnational/-racial adoptee as a mimic poses a threat, as mimicry turns to menace. READ MORE