Introduction: Fetishized Children and Racialized Adults in Contemporary Representations of Adoption

This special issue attends to the significance of middlebrow culture in shaping societal perceptions of transnational and/or transracial adoptions. The contributing authors demonstrate how paying attention to the adoptee lifecycle from childhood to adulthood exposes the capaciousness of belonging to...

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Published in:Adoption & culture 2024, Vol.12 (1), p.1-3
Main Author: McKee, Kimberly D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adopted children
Adoption
Children & youth
Families & family life
Kinship
Parents & parenting
Popular culture
Race
Racial differences
Transnationalism
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Summary:This special issue attends to the significance of middlebrow culture in shaping societal perceptions of transnational and/or transracial adoptions. The contributing authors demonstrate how paying attention to the adoptee lifecycle from childhood to adulthood exposes the capaciousness of belonging to the family and nation.
ISSN:1944-4990
2574-2523
2574-2523
DOI:10.1353/ado.00001