Essays about: "Transracial Adoption"

Found 5 essays containing the words Transracial Adoption.

  1. 1. The Negotiation and Crafting of Identity Among Transnational and/or Transracial Adult Adoptees in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : David Asplund; [2023]
    Keywords : Adoption; Identity; Intersectionality;

    Abstract : This master’s thesis will be discussing how nuanced experiences affects the crafting of identity among transnational and/or transracial adult adoptees raised in Sweden from an anthropological perspective.The purpose of this thesis is to show that adoptees craft their identity in numerous and complex ways, one as unique as the other. READ MORE

  3. 2. Perspectives of Transracial Adoption: a Case Study of South Africa

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

    Author : Carolina Nielsen; [2019]
    Keywords : South Africa; post-apartheid; transracial adoption; racial segregation;

    Abstract : South Africa has been under apartheid regime characterized by racial segregation. As a result, transracial adoption only became legal in 1991. The aim of this thesis is to analyze how transracial adoption has been perceived in South Africa. READ MORE

  4. 3. Korea-adopterade kvinnors berättelser till sitt hemland och omvärld

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maria Persson; [2019]
    Keywords : transracial; transnational; adoptee; reculturation; international adoption; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper aims to examine how nine adopted women, through an article series published in a feminist journal in South Korea, articulate alternative narratives to and thereby resistance towards the normative structures and narratives that exist surrounding adoption, by presenting stories and analyses from lived experience. These alternative stories are analysed through the term reculturation. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. The Perspectives of African Immigrants in Sweden on Intercountry Child Adoption

    University essay from Tema Barn

    Author : Collins Armah; [2010]
    Keywords : Intercountry Adoption; Perspectives; African Immigrants; Sweden; Adoption; Best Interest of the Child; Focus Group; Determinants of Adoption; Celebrity Adoption; Incountry adoption; Racism and Discrimination; Matching; Transracial Adoption; Children s Right; Age; Child; Adult; Best interest for the child; Culture; Roots; Alternatives; Effective Systems; Africa; International;

    Abstract : The views of minority groups who speak on behalf of adopted children in Western countries like Sweden have relevance with regards to enriching the international adoption discourse; and to inform adoption policies in both sending and receiving countries. This study aimed at seeking the views of African immigrants in Sweden on intercountry adoption with the objective of bringing out the meanings they create on the major themes involved to enrich the international adoption debate and to inform policy formation. READ MORE