1. Rescue, red tape, child abduction, illicit adoptions, and discourse: Intercountry adoption attitudes in Spain.
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San Román, Beatriz and Rotabi, Karen S.
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PREVENTION of kidnapping , *HUMAN trafficking prevention , *ADOPTIVE parents , *CHILD welfare , *DISCOURSE analysis , *FRAUD , *HUMAN rights , *INTERRACIAL adoption , *RESCUE work , *RESEARCH funding , *ETHNOLOGY research , *QUALITATIVE research , *GOVERNMENT regulation , *ATTITUDES toward adoption - Abstract
Evidence of child abduction for intercountry adoption challenges our notions of altruism. The history of illicit adoptions and child abduction is presented with specific emphasis on Guatemala as a case example. Drawing on data produced in an ethnographic research, the analysis searches to elucidate how those involved in intercountry adoption in Spain (mainly adoptive and prospective adoptive parents) deal with signs of fraud and corruption. The results point out how these discourses usually dismiss the failures of the system and revolve around the idea of rescue. The rights of birth families – and even their mere existence – are usually absent in the discussion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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