Adoption, Emotion, and Identity

An Ethnopsychological Perspective on Kinship and Person in a Micronesian Society

AvManuel Rauchholz

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Exploring adoption in the Pacific, this book goes beyond the commonplace structural-functional analysis of adoption as a positive “transaction in parenthood.” It examines the effects it has on adoptees’ inner sense of self, their conflicted emotional lives, and familial relationships that are affected by a personal sense of rejection and not belonging. This account is theoretically rooted in ethnopsychology, based on field work conducted across multiple research sites in the Chuuk Lagoon, its neighboring Chuukic-speaking atolls, and persons from neighboring Micronesian island communities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-02-02
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:430 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781805392545

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Manuel Rauchholz is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Intercultural Studies at Trinity International University, USA, where he also directs the doctoral program in Intercultural Studies.

Recensioner i media

“It makes a unique contribution to our understanding of traditional child adoption, a topic that has received considerable attention from anthropologists working in Oceania, and especially in Micronesia.” • Donald H. Rubinstein, University of Guam

Innehållsförteckning

IllustrationsNotes on TextAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Adoption and the Tiip (Psyche) in ChuukChapter 2. Themes in AdoptionChapter 3. Adoption Between Law, Custom, and MigrationConclusionReferences