Genetic Stigma in Law and Literature (eBook)

Orphanhood, Adoption, and the Right to Reunion

Alice Diver (Autor)

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2023 | 1st ed. 2023
VIII, 189 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-46246-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book critically analyses the way in which traditional sociocultural and legal biases might be perpetuated against those with unknown - or unknowable -  genetic ancestries. It looks to law and works of literature across differing eras and genres focussing upon such concepts as inherited stigma, illegitimacy, orphanisation, adoption, othering, reunion, and the 'right' to access truths that relate to one's original identity. Law's role in such matters is often limited (or usurped) by custom, practice, or lingering superstitious beliefs; the importance of oral and written testimony is therefore highlighted. Characters include abandoned or orphaned figures from folk and fairy tales, Romantic and Victorian monsters and heroes, Dickensian waifs, Edwardian rescue orphans, and dystopia-set 'rebels.' Their insights and experiences are mirrored in various present day scenarios that speak to familial human rights abuses, not least forced adoptions and bars on accessing original information. This cross-disciplinary book drawing on Law, Literature, Sociology, Critical Adoption Studies should be of interest to those interested in and those who have been affected in some way by adoption, origin deprivation, or reunion.

Alice Diver is Lecturer in Family Law at The School of Law, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.1.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
• Zusatzinfo: VIII, 189 p. 1 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Adoption Studies • Ancestry • Child Law • Child welfare • Family Law • Gender Studies • Human Rights • Human Rights Law • illegitimacy • law and identity • Literature and identity • Orphans • Reproductive Technologies • Social Policy • Social Work • Socio-legal studies • vulnerability
• ISBN-10: 3-031-46246-7 / 3031462467
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-46246-7 / 9783031462467