International adoptions are both high-profile and controversial, with the celebrity adoptions and critically acclaimed movies such as Casa de los babys of recent years increasing media coverage and influencing public opinion. Neither celebrating nor condemning cross-cultural adoption, Karen Dubinsky considers the political symbolism of children in her examination of adoption and migration controversies in North America, Cuba, and Guatemala.Babies Without Borders tells the interrelated stories of Cuban children caught in Operation Peter Pan, adopted Black and Native American children who became icons in the Sixties, and Guatemalan children whose 'disappearance' today in transnational adoption networks echoes their fate during the country's brutal civil war. Drawing from extensive research as well as from her critical observations as an adoptive parent, Karen Dubinsky aims to move adoption debates beyond the current dichotomy of 'imperialist kidnap' versus 'humanitarian rescue.' Integrating the personal with the scholarly, Babies Without Borders exposes what happens when children bear the weight of adult political conflicts.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
ISBN-13
9781442610194
eBay Product ID (ePID)
106351710
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Children & Family
Author
Karen Dubinsky
Publication Name
Babies Without Borders: Adoption and Migration Across the Americas
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
204 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
153mm
Item Weight
360g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Karen Dubinsky
Country/Region of Manufacture
Canada
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