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

Ben-Zion, Sigalit

ISBN 10: 1137480645 / ISBN 13: 9781137480644

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

About this Item

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. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFSL; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 570. . 2014. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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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: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137480645
• ISBN 13: 9781137480644
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

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).