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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
- Standardized Title:
- Penser l'adoption. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adoption--Government policy--France.
- Adoption.
- Adoption--Moral and ethical aspects--France.
- Adoption--Government policy.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
- System Details:
- text file
- 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:
- 1 The Multiple Meanings of Adoption 1
- Adoption Down through the Ages 1
- Adoption Practices in France 8
- Adoption in Europe and the Rest of the World 12
- 2 The Legislative Arena 17
- Maternalism, Changing and Unchanging 17
- The Paradigm of Procreation 25
- The Specter of the Difference between the Sexes 31
- 3 The Jurisprudential Forum 47
- Recognizing Emotional Ties 47
- Creating Bonds of Kinship 57
- Toward Open Adoption? 69
- 4 Administering Parenthood 73
- Child Welfare Agencies 74
- Psychosocial Appraisal 83
- Inventing Parenthood 90
- 5 What Approval Means 97
- Creating Your Own Narrative 98
- Ways of Categorizing 103
- The Chain of Bureaucratic Reasoning 108
- 6 Children of the Nation 111
- Foreign Children 112
- Strange Child 116
- The Model Child 122
- Conclusion 131
- Main Abbreviations 135
- Chronology 137
- Legal Forms of Adoption 141
- Institutions 145.
- Notes:
- "This work originally appeared under the title Penser l'adoption, Presses Universitaires de France, 2012."
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9780262323383
- 0262323389
- 1306731038
- 9781306731034
- OCLC:
- 879576115
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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