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Adoption, Emotion, and Identity - (Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific) by Manuel Rauchholz (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- Exploring adoption in the Pacific, this book goes beyond the commonplace structural-functional analysis of adoption as a positive "transaction in parenthood.
- About the Author: Manuel Rauchholz is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Intercultural Studies at Trinity International University, USA, where he also directs the doctoral program in Intercultural Studies.
- 240 Pages
- Social Science, Anthropology
- Series Name: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific
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About the Book
"Exploring adoption in the Pacific, this book goes beyond the commonplace structural-functional analysis of adoption as a positive "transaction in parenthood." It examines the effects it has on adoptees' inner sense of self, their conflicted emotional lives, and familial relationships that are affected by a personal sense of rejection and not belonging. This account is theoretically rooted in ethnopsychology, based on field work conducted across multiple research sites in the Chuuk Lagoon, its neighboring Chuukic-speaking atolls, and persons from neighboring Micronesian island communities"--Book Synopsis
Exploring adoption in the Pacific, this book goes beyond the commonplace structural-functional analysis of adoption as a positive "transaction in parenthood." It examines the effects it has on adoptees' inner sense of self, their conflicted emotional lives, and familial relationships that are affected by a personal sense of rejection and not belonging. This account is theoretically rooted in ethnopsychology, based on field work conducted across multiple research sites in the Chuuk Lagoon, its neighboring Chuukic-speaking atolls, and persons from neighboring Micronesian island communities.
Review Quotes
"It makes a unique contribution to our understanding of traditional child adoption, a topic that has received considerable attention from anthropologists working in Oceania, and especially in Micronesia." - Donald H. Rubinstein, University of Guam
About the Author
Manuel Rauchholz is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Intercultural Studies at Trinity International University, USA, where he also directs the doctoral program in Intercultural Studies.