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Exploring Swedish International Adoption Desire: Transracial Bodies and Nation-Building in the 'Goodest' Country

Exploring Swedish International Adoption Desire: Transracial Bodies and Nation-Building in the 'Goodest' Country

Wyver, Richey

Hardcover

CriminologyGeneral Political ScienceImmigration & Refugees

ISBN10: 3031388003
ISBN13: 9783031388002
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Nov 23 2023
Pages: 159
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book is a critical study of international adoption in Sweden, based on analysis of adoption-related texts, images and videos. The author argues that representations of adoption, and specifically of the bodies of international, transracial adoptees, are used to create and sustain myths of Swedish exceptionalism, concealing the nation's colonial, racist and eugenic histories. The book challenges the virtuous perception of international adoption, and exposes and critiques the underlying racism and violence of both the adoption industry and the shaping of Sweden as a 'good' nation. It will appeal to students and scholars of adoption and migration, as well as those engaged in anti-racism research.

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