Description
Book SynopsisEstye Fenton studies parents in the United States who adopted internationally in the past decade. She investigates the experiences of a cohort of adoptive mothers who were forced to negotiate their desire to be parents in the context of a growing societal awareness of international adoption as a flawed reproductive marketplace.
Trade Review"In
The End of International Adoption, Estye Fenton brings us an eagerly awaited examination of the experiences of parents who adopted their children internationally in the last decade. This cohort of adoptive parents entered adoption during a time of both dramatically declining numbers of international placements and increasing public critique of this route to family formation. Timely and relevant, Fenton’s monograph is a welcome addition to the scholarship on international adoption and contemporary families."
-- Heather Jacobson * author of Labor of Love: Gestational Surrogacy and the Work of Making Babies *
“This book tells a compelling, nuanced story about the changing contemporary landscape of international adoption. A must read for anyone interested in understanding modern American family life.” -- Leslie Wang * author of Outsourced Children: Orphanage Care and Adoption in Globalizing China *
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: International Adoption in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 3: “We’re on the Market Again”
Chapter 4: Parental Anxiety and Interwoven Decision-Making Surrounding Race, Health, and “Fitness”
Chapter 5: Murky Truths and Double-Binds
Chapter 6: The Reproductive Politics of International Adoption
Appendix: Methods and Sample Characteristics
Participant Biographies
References
