Constructing Transnational and Transracial Identity: Adoption and Belonging in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark

S. Ben-zion

ISBN 10: 1349502731 / ISBN 13: 9781349502738

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

About this Item

reprint edition. 265 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Constructing Transnational and Transracial Identity: Adoption and Belonging in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349502731
• ISBN 13: 9781349502738
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.4 kilograms

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Synopsis

Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are home to more than 90,000 transnational adoptees of Scandinavian parents raised in a predominantly white environment. This ethnography provides a unique perspective on how these transracial adoptees conceptualize and construct their sense of identity along the intersection of ethnicity, family, and national lines.

About the Author

Sigalit Ben-Zion is an independent scholar based in Israel. She is the author of A Roadmap to the Heavens: An Anthropological Study of Hegemony among Priests, Sages, and Laymen (2008).