Exploring Swedish International Adoption Desire

Transracial Bodies and Nation-Building in the ‘Goodest’ Country

Richey Wyver (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XIII, 159 Seiten

2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-38800-2 (ISBN)

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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.

lt;b>Richey Wyver, PhD, is a Learning Designer and Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Having lived in Sweden for several years, he graduated with an MA in International Migration and Ethnic Relations from Malmö University, before pursuing a PhD in Sociology in Auckland. His doctoral research forms the basis of this book. Dr Wyver's research interests also cover racism and anti-racism, and environmental sociology and sustainability.

1. Introduction: Exploring Swedish Adoption Desire.- 2. Race, Colonialism, Eugenics, and International Adoption in Sweden.- 3. From Flat-Packed Furniture to Fascism: Transracial Adoptees in Myths of Swedish Goodness.- 4. Eating the [M]Other: Consumption Fantasies in Swedish Adoption Narratives.- 5. "Too Brown to be Swedish, Too Swedish to be Anything Else": Mimicry and Menace in Swedish Adoption Narratives.- 6. Representation and Resistance: Challenging Swedish Adoption Desire.- 7. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.08.2023
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 159 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	Adoption • Critical Adoption Studies • Critical Whiteness Studies • mimicry • Nationalism • Nation-Building • Othering • Postcolonialism • Racism • Sweden • Swedish exceptionalism • transracial bodies
ISBN-10	3-031-38800-3 / 3031388003
ISBN-13	978-3-031-38800-2 / 9783031388002
Zustand	Neuware