Constructing Transnational and Transracial Identity: Adoption and Belonging in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark

By Sigalit Ben-Zion

Book Overview

Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are home to more than 90,000 transnational adoptees of Scandinavian parents raised in a predominantly white environment. This ethnography provides a unique perspective on how these transracial adoptees conceptualize and construct their sense of identity along the intersection of ethnicity, family, and national lines.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349502731
• ISBN13: 9781349502738
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"