Constructing Transnational and Transracial Identity (Paperback)

Sigalit Ben-Zion

ISBN 10: 1349502731 / ISBN 13: 9781349502738

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2015

About this Item

Paperback. 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. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Constructing Transnational and Transracial Identity (Paperback)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349502731
• ISBN 13: 9781349502738
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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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).