The market in babies : stories of Australian adoption / Marian Quartly, Shurlee Swain, and Denise Cuthbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quartly, Marian, author.

Swain, Shurlee, author.

Cuthbert, Denise, author.

Series:

Australian studies.

Australian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australia--Social conditions.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Market in Babies tells the history of adoption in Australia from its beginnings in the 19th century to its decline at the beginning of the 21st. In the early years, supply outstripped demand; needy children were hard to place. In the mid-20th century, demand and supply grew together with adoption presented as the perfect solution to two social problems - infertility and illegitimacy. Supply declined in the 1970s, and demand turned to new global markets. Now these markets are closing, but technology provides new opportunities, and Australians are acquiring babies through the surrogacy marke

Contents:

List of abbreviations and acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi; List of illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii; A note on the authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix; A note on the use of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x; Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1PART I: EXPERIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5; Chapter 1: Being adopted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7; Chapter 2: The pain of mothering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25; PART II: PROCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45; Chapter 3: Making adoption safe and respectable . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Chapter 4: Speaking truth to power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Chapter 5: The rise and fall of intercountry adoption . . . . . . . . . . . 102; Chapter 6: New frontiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128; Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141; Further reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-925377-95-4

1-921867-87-6