Critical consciousness models illuminate processes by which marginalized groups develop
awareness about oppressive systems and structures both individually and collectively to …

I examine the rise in adoptee community-building and activism on the internet, paying close
attention to the ways emotions are shared, generated, and sustained in online interactions …

Esta tesis doctoral describe y analiza el proceso de conformación y configuración de lo que,
inspirada en el concepto de Pierre Bourdieu, denominé el campo de la búsqueda de los …

When I entered graduate school, I did not know there was an option to be an adoption
scholar. As I began to ask and explore questions related to transracial and international …

This essay interrogates the triad, the geometry that usually describes identities formed in
adoption transactions. It uses life writing from two adoption websites to explore the …

Despite the euphemisms of “forever families” and “child's best interests,” adoption practices,
policies, and ideologies contribute to illicit adoption practices, including child trafficking, the …

The purpose of this article is threefold. First, the article presents a" factsheet" on the postwar
and Cold War adoptions of children from Greece, who were placed abroad in the 1950s …

The lived experiences of adoptees have been largely unexplored, especially as they
progress through their lifespan. The dominant discourse on adoption in Western academic …

The aim of this study was to learn about the effects of closed adoption on American
adoptees born between 1945 and 1973, the Closed Adoption Era (CAE), and how narratives …

Adoption needs a minimum of three sets of participants: the birth mother, the adoptive
parents, and the adoptive professionals. Being the adoption expert, the adoption …