Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I Defining Reproduction
6. 1 The Movement of Children for International Adoption 29
7. 2 International Adoption: Lessons from Hawai’i 52
8. 3 The Social Temporalities of Adoption and the Limits of Plenary Adoption 69
9. 4 The Desire for Parenthood among Lesbians and Gay Men 87
10. 5 Refiguring Kinship in the Space of Adoption 103
11. 6 The Transnational Adoption of a Related Child in Québec, Canada 119
12. PART II Perspectives from Sending Countries
13. 7 Baby-Bearing Storks 135
14. 8 Transnational Connections and Dissenting Views 154
15. 9 International Adoption in Russia 174
16. 10 The Medicalization of Adoption in and from Peru 190
17. 11 Children, Individuality, Family 208
18. PART III Experiences in Receiving Countries
19. 12 “We Do Not Have Immigrant Children at Th is School, We Just Have Children Adopted from Abroad” 223
20. 13 Routes to the Roots 244
21. 14 Return Journeys and the Search for Roots 256
22. 15 Mothers for Others 271
23. 16 Seeking Sisters 283
24. About the Contributors 303
25. Index 309