Exploring Swedish International Adoption Desire: Transracial Bodies and Nation-Building in the ‘Goodest’ Country

Author:   Richey Wyver
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
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9783031388002


Pages:   159
Publication Date:   23 November 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Richey Wyver
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.364kg
ISBN:  

9783031388002


ISBN 10:   3031388003
Pages:   159
Publication Date:   23 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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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.

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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.

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