Constructing Transnational and Transracial Identity [electronic resource] : Adoption and Belonging in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark /
Ben-Zion, Sigalit.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface: The Untold Story of the Journey into the Twilight Zone; Acknowledgments; 1 The Anthropology of Transcolor Adoptees: Subject, Theory, and Method; 2 Stockholm Fieldwork: From St. Eriksplan to Rinkeby; 3 "Living in the Twilight Zone"; 4 "No One Is More Swedish Than Me!"; 5 "Love Is Above Culture, Above Blood"; 6 "It's Like Taking a Cat and Raising It Like a Dog"; 7 "I Didn't Feel Norwegian Enough to Wear the NationalCostume"; 8 "I Am Comfortable with the Feeling of Being White!"; 9 "Going to the Whiteness"; 10 They Can't Afford to Stop Imagining
11 The Construction of Imaginary Homelands12 Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Social groups.
Family.
Ethnography.
Families.
Families—Social aspects.
Ethnology.
Sociology.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Ethnography.
Family.
Cultural Anthropology.
Sociology, general.