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Boundaries of Belonging. Transnational Adoption and the Significance of Origin in Swedish Official Rhetoric

Andersson, Malinda

Sociologisk forskning, 2008-01 (3), p.56-76 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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  • Título:
    Boundaries of Belonging. Transnational Adoption and the Significance of Origin in Swedish Official Rhetoric
  • Autor: Andersson, Malinda
  • Assuntos: Adoption ; Belonging ; Discourse ; Identity ; Origin ; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP ; Social Categorization ; SOCIAL SCIENCES ; Socialvetenskap ; Sweden ; Transnational Adoptees ; Transnationalism
  • É parte de: Sociologisk forskning, 2008-01 (3), p.56-76
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  • Descrição: This article explores how the category of 'transnational adoptees' in Sweden is constructed in two Official Government Reports (SOU). The article is inspired by poststructuralist perspectives on welfare & social categorization, & draws from a postcolonial & feminist theoretical framework. 'Transnational adoptees' as a category is understood as constituted through discourse, & given meaning in different contexts. In the reports, a fundamental importance is attached to the fact that individuals with a background as transnationally adopted have been separated from their birth family & country of birth. It is argued that mental problems & a split identity are consequences to be expected from the separation. (Re)connection to the origin is therefore considered to be crucial for the well-being of the group. The article concludes that this line of reasoning is based on a specific logic of blood & roots, in which 'transnational adoptees' are understood as belonging to their countries of birth, rather than Sweden. The logic of blood & roots can be read as a form of racialized othering, but also as a discursive exclusion of 'transnational adoptees' from Sweden as an imagined, national community. References. Adapted from the source document.
  • Idioma: Sueco;Inglês
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