Philosophies of Adoption

Philosophies of Adoption

by Bonnie MannTaylor-Jai Mcalister Colin Macleod and others
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 15/06/2024

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Edited by Lisa Cassidy and Mianna Lotz, Philosophies of Adoption: Perspectives and Reflections explores contemporary philosophical analysis of adoption, providing insight into new and underexplored topics in the field. Three scholarly developments are central to the emerging philosophical discourse on adoption explored in this volume: a problematizing of the adoption triangle or "triad", a critique of the so-called “bio-normative family", and an attention to specific issues in transracial and First Nations adoption. The book’s contributors expand on all three of these areas by addressing a range of questions—How does being adopted shape self-knowledge and identity? What challenges arise at the intersection of race and adoption? What can be learned about epistemic justice, identity, and belonging from transracial adoption? What are the narratives told about adoption?—to show how current conditions and lived adoptee experiences give new shape, meaning, and importance to philosophical thinking about adoption. Showcasing a diversity of styles and standpoints, and organized into three core themes—situating adoption, knowing adoption, and telling adoption—this book grapples with the adoption experience, historical and recent developments in adoption practice, and emerging directions in philosophical scholarship.

ISBN:
9781666933574
9781666933574
Category:
Social & political philosophy
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
15-06-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Shannon Gibney

Shannon Gibney is a writer, professor, and activist. Her debut novel See No Color, which draws on her experience of being adopted into a white family as a child, received a Minnesota Book Award and two starred reviews. She is also the author of Dream Country, which received five starred reviews and a Minnesota Book Award. Her critical and creative writing regularly appear in a variety of publications. She lives in Minneapolis with her children. 

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