Estye Fenton

The End of International Adoption?

An Unraveling Reproductive Market and the Politics of Healthy Babies

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Produktbeschreibung

Estye Fenton studies parents in the United States who adopted internationally in the past decade. She investigates the experiences of a cohort of adoptive mothers who were forced to negotiate their desire to be parents in the context of a growing societal awareness of international adoption as a flawed reproductive marketplace.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 202g
• ISBN-13: 9780813599694
• ISBN-10: 0813599695
• Artikelnr.: 54029042

Autorenporträt

ESTYE FENTON is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of West Alabama in Livingston.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: International Adoption in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 3: "We're on the Market Again"
Chapter 4: Parental Anxiety and Interwoven Decision-Making Surrounding
Race, Health, and "Fitness"
Chapter 5: Murky Truths and Double-Binds
Chapter 6: The Reproductive Politics of International Adoption
Appendix: Methods and Sample Characteristics
Participant Biographies
References