Rescue, red tape, child abduction, illicit adoptions, and discourse
Evidence of child abduction for intercountry adoption challenges our notions of altruism. The history of illicit adoptions and child abduction is presented with specific emphasis on Guatemala as a case example. Drawing on data produced in an ethnographic research, the analysis search to elucidate ho...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:321687 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/321687 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1177/0020872817714314 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Child abduction Discourse Human trafficking Intercountry adoption Spain Transnational adoption |
| Sumario: | Evidence of child abduction for intercountry adoption challenges our notions of altruism. The history of illicit adoptions and child abduction is presented with specific emphasis on Guatemala as a case example. Drawing on data produced in an ethnographic research, the analysis search to elucidate how those involved in intercountry adoption in Spain (mainly adoptive and prospective adoptive parents) deal with signs of fraud and corruption. The results point out how these discourses usually dismiss the failures of the system and revolve around the idea of rescue. The rights of birth families -and even their mere existence- are usually absent in the discussion. |
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