Exploring Swedish International Adoption Desire

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

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Av Richey Wyver

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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 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-11-23
Mått148 x 210 x 10 mm
Vikt236 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor159
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031388033

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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.