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The politics of adoption : gender and the making of French citizenship / Bruno Perreau ; translated by Deke Dusinberre.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perreau, Bruno, author.
- Series:
- Basic bioethics.
- Basic Bioethics
- Standardized Title:
- Penser l'adoption. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adoption--Government policy--France.
- Adoption.
- Adoption--Moral and ethical aspects--France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London England : The MIT Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'The Politics of Adoption' argues that adoption is not a mere family question. It conveys a model of citizenship. Policies, jurisprudence, and social work define an ideal image of parenthood in the hope to better control the making of future citizens. In a context of laws and debates on bioethics, this model is more and more infused with representations of the fertile body. Adoptive parents are thus expected to behave as if they were biological parents.
- Contents:
- The multiple meanings of adoption
- The legislative arena
- The jurisprudential forum
- Administering parenthood
- What approval means
- Mother country.
- Notes:
- "This work originally appeared under the title Penser l'adoption, Presses Universitaires de France, 2012.".
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-32339-7
- 0-262-32338-9
- OCLC:
- 879576115
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