Adopted Women and Biological Fathers: Reimagining stories of origin and trauma

by Elizabeth Hughes

Adopted Women and Biological Fathers offers a critical and deconstructive challenge to the dominant notions of adoptive identity. The author explores adoptive women's experiences of meeting their biological fathers and reflects on personal narratives to give an authoritative overview of both the field of adoption and the specific history of adoption reunion. This book takes as its focus the narratives of 14 adopted women, as well as the partly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138691011
• ISBN13: 9781138691018
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"